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Dorothy Levitt, in a 19 kW (26 hp) Napier, at Brooklands, England, in 1908. The FIA does not recognize separate men's and women's land speed records, because the records are set using motorized vehicles, and not muscle-powered vehicles, so the gender of the driver does not matter; however, unofficial women's records have long been claimed, seemingly starting with Dorothy Levitt's 1906 record ...
Jessica Combs [1] (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019) [2] was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator.She set a women's land speed class record (four wheels) in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016.
Land speed records by surface Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs On ice: 335.7: 208.6: Audi RS 6: Janne Laitinen 9 Mar 2013 FIA [19] On the Moon: 18.0: 11.2: Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV‑003) Eugene Cernan: 11 Dec 1972 (unofficial) [20] On Mars: 0.18: 0.11: Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity
Remembering Land Speed Record Setter George Poteet Elana Scherr - Car and Driver George Poteet never managed to run 500 mph, but with a record of 470.015, he came awful close.
He held the world land speed record three times during the closely fought competition of 1964 and 1965, but after a bad crash in 1966 at 610 MPH, the fastest crash ever survived, turned his attention to jet turbine powered tractor pulling competition where he was, as usual, successful. In 1979 he won his only NTPA championship in the 9200 ...
Pete Aarmeda and Kevin Braun designed and built their own 6.0-liter race engine from scratch. The engine now powers a land speed racer, which just posted a record run at El Mirage.
Martin attempts to break the world speed record for a gravity racer, set in 2012 by Doug Anderson at 84.4 mph (135.8 km/h) on a public road in North Carolina.A 2 km stretch of public road on Mont Ventoux, Southern France, is chosen to as the location for the record attempt, with a timing gate on the fastest 100m measuring the racer's average speed. [20]
Norman Craig Breedlove Sr. [1] (March 23, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first person in history to reach 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using several turbojet-powered vehicles, all named Spirit of America .