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ThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at 1,227.986 km/h (763.035 mph) set October 15, 1997. The land speed record (LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land.
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Feb 3, 2021 · The Land Speed Record has moved steadily upwards, from the 39 mph set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud back in 1898 to the 763 mph Thrust SSC achieved in ’97....
Oct 9, 2018 · 1 min read. Who is Bonneville? It's not who, but where. The Bonneville Salt Flats are in Utah, USA, near the border with Nevada, and as the name suggests it's a very big and very flat area of...
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- La Jamais Contente – 65.792 mph. Driver: Camille Jenatzy (Belgium) Date: 17 Jan 1899.
- Ford 999 Racer – 91.37 mph. Date: 12 Jan 1904. Driver: Henry Ford (USA)
- The Stanley Rocket – 127.66 mph. Date: 26 Jan 1906. Driver: Fred Marriot (USA)
- The FIAT Mephistopheles – 145.89 mph. Date: 12 Jul 1924. Driver: Ernest Eldridge (GBR)
Jul 1, 1996 · During the '60s a number of hot rodders;Mickey Thompson, the Summers Bros, Dr. Nathan Ostich, Walt and Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove;pushed the land speed envelope from just under 400 mph (John ...
FIA World Land Speed Records. FIA World Records are motorsport distilled to its two most basic elements - distance versus time - to create the fastest recognised official speeds achieved by any wheeled vehicle on land. The Outright Land Speed Record, which currently stands at 763.035 mph (1227.985 km/h), is the most prestigious, but there are ...
