land speed record


The Tony Fox "Proud American" and "Bonneville Boss" Rocket Truck

Before our favorite weekly Southern California car gathering this Saturday, we had been told by a friend that he'd be bringing his new rocket truck. Rocket truck? What the heck's a rocket truck? Visions of rocket-powered pickups and semis running the quarter mile immediately came to mind. Did some drag racer sell Tom his race truck? Is that what he was bringing to the show? As soon as we came around the corner we knew he hadn't. We knew this with absolute certainty because we saw a giant nosecone towering above the treeline. There was, in ... Read more →

VIDEO: Cadillac-powered Spectre SpeedLiner sets world record for gas-powered, wheel-driven vehicles Noah Joseph

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Cadillac_Powered_SpeedLiner_Sets_Speed_World_Record_vid'; Different automakers seek out different bragging. The same goes for tuning houses. The bogey in ...

REPORT: South African man sets speed record for blind - in 200 mph SL Black Series! Frank Filipponio

Looks like Luc Costermans (a.k.a. the Blind Belgian) is no longer the world's fastest sight-challenged driver. The latest person to snatch the world land speed record for the blind is South ...

Buckeye Bullet 2 claims land speed record for fuel cell vehicles, 300.992 mph Sam Abuelsamid

We first heard about the Buckeye Bullet 2 about two years ago when we covering the Ford Fusion 999 land speed record project. The student engineering team from Ohio State University was ...

eBay Find of the Day: Art Arfons' Green Monster LSR car Frank Filipponio

Are you the kind of guy who thinks top speed is everything? Want car that can be called the fastest thing on wheels without exaggerating? Think a Veyron is fast? How about a Top Fuel dragster? At ...

Jesse James successfully sets new hydrogen land-speed record 5 months ago on Autoblog

Earlier this month, we caught wind of Jesse James' plan to set a new land-speed record in a hydrogen-powered vehicle. According to a press release issued by Spike TV, the daredevil motorcycle enthusiast was successful in his quest, hitting a top speed of 199.7 miles per hour on a run the El ...

REPORT: Jesse James plans land-speed record for hydrogen-powered streamliner 5 months ago on Autoblog

Famous motorcycle builder and all-around celebrity Jesse James plans to attempt a new world record top speed run for a hydrogen-powered vehicle later this month on a dry lake bed somewhere in California. The actual car being used is a former land speeder called the Dees-Milodon Engineering-Davis B ...

eBay Deal of the Day: Mazda 323 GTX Bonneville Salt Flats LSR racer 10 months ago on Autoblog

While surfing eBay Motors we came across item number 170293663976. It's a Mazda 323 GTX with only 7,814 original miles on it, which makes the $6,500 Buy It Now price seems reasonable. Long before the Subaru Impreza WRX and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution became household names by offering turbocharged, ...

Bloodhound supersonic car shooting for 1,000 MPH and new Land Speed Record 1 year ago on Autoblog

The current land speed record (LSR) for an earth-bound motor vehicle is 763 mph, which was set by Andy Green behind the wheel of the Thrust SSC back in 1997. That car was designed by Richard Noble, among others, and he and his driver are teaming up again to build a new supersonic car (SSC) to ...

Jet-powered record-breaker seeks petite woman 1 year ago on Autoblog

Single-engine jet-powered dragster seeking female companion for thrilling adventure across salt flats. Petite build. Background in motorsports or aviation. With sponsors. Interested parties please contact Eric Ahlstrom (eahlstrom@pyramid.net), program manager, Steve Fossett World Land Speed Racing ...

Ford's Hydrogen Fusion 999 qualifies for top speed run at Bonneville 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the Fusion for high-res images from Bonneville Matt Zuehlk and his team comprised of engineers and technicians from Ford, Roush and Ballard Power Systems finally hit the Bonneville Salt Flats this past weekend after months of preparation and weeks of vehicle integration testing. On Sunday, ...

VIDEO: Ford starts testing the Hydrogen Fusion 999 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the Fusion for a gallery of shots from the first track test of the 999 digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Land_speed_record_challenging_Ford_Hydrogen_Fusion_999_hits_the_test_track'; Finished off in gray primer, the Ford Hydrogen Fusion 999 rolled out of the garage at the ...

Ford attempting land speed record with Fusion Hydrogen 999 Racer 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for more high-res pics of Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 Racer Ford thinks it's time to make hydrogen sexy. Capitalizing on its 10 years of hydrogen research expertise, the automaker is headed to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August to go for a few world land speed records with a ...

Letting off some steam: vapor-powered car goes for land speed record 2 years ago on Autoblog

A British team is out to demolish the land speed records for a steam powered vehicle in both the kilometer and the mile. The records are 121.6 mp for the kilo, set in 1906, and an unofficial 145.6 mph for the mile, set in 1985. As if using tap water to go stupid fast wasn't cool enough, they're ...

2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Land Speed Record cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

The theme of the 2007 Festival of Speed was Spark of Genius – Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries, and so it's fitting that Land Speed Record (LSR) vehicles were given a special display at this year's event. A group of the vehicles was arranged on the cricket pitch, including several from ...

ABG Exclusive: Ford and OSU team up for fuel cell land speed record 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Ford_and_Ohio_State_building_Fusion_to_capture_fuel_cell_land_speed_record'; Ford and Ohio State University are teaming up to attempt a double land speed record for fuel cell-powered vehicles. Ohio State already holds the land speed record for ...

French V150 tops Veyron by more than 100 mph 2 years ago on Autoblog

Sister blog Gadling just posted this video of a French assault on the worlds fastest vehicle title. Forget the Veyron's 253 mph or the projected 273 that the SSC Ultimate Aero TT will do, this Gallic bullet just hit 357.2 mph! While the Bug and Aero have around 1,000 hp to help push them towards ...

JCB Dieselmax honored with Dewar Trophy 2 years ago on Autoblog

Along with the LeMans sports racers from Audi and Peugeot, the JCB Dieselmax is probably the best poster child for how well a diesel can perform at the highest levels of motorsports. You may remember the JCB Dieselmax, as it was the streamliner that set a new Land Speed Record (LSR) for diesel cars ...

VIDEO: 3,000 HP Greasel falls flat on record run 3 years ago on Autoblog

This 3,000-horsepower peanut oil-powered pickup was supposed to make a record speed run for grease-powered vehicles of between 160 and 200 mph. That was what we were told at SEMA where the twin-turbo '87 Chevy Silverado, nicknamed Greasel, was unveiled. The truck made its record run at the El ...

Steve Fossett will attempt to break world speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

Last Wednesday, during an event to promote his new book "Chasing the Wind," Steve Fossett announced his plans to break the world speed record of 763 MPH. The record attempt will take place sometime next year in the flatlands of Nevada, with Fossett behind the wheel of a 47-foot-long, 9,000-pound, ...

Brit team plans to break record with 200mph head of steam 3 years ago on Autoblog

We never suspected the Brits would use boiling water for anything nobler than steeping tea, but it's full steam ahead for the British Steam Car Challenge project that is attempting to break the land-speed record for a steam-powered vehicle that has stood for over 100 years. According to a Telegraph ...

JCB Dieselmax sets new diesel Bonneville speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

The JCB-sponsored, twin-engined Dieselmax streamliner set a new Bonneville Speed Week record for diesel-powered vehicles, with a two-run average speed of 317 mph. Under the Southern California Timing Association (the Bonneville Speed Week sanctioning body) rules, breaking a record requires an ...

Dodge Quad Cab pickup sets 224 mph record 3 years ago on Autoblog

Aerodynamics? You don't need aero if you've got enough power, and in the case of this Dodge Ram, 930 hp did the trick at Bonneville Tuesday. The 5,500 lb Dodge Ram Quad Cab ran a two-run average of 224.08 mph, setting a new C/MP Bonneville Speed Week record that shattered the previous mark of 158 ...

GM cars set records, crash at Bonneville Speed Week 3 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors reported mixed results on the salt flats Tuesday, with the day marred by a 250-mph crash of the Chevy So-Cal HHR (top, right). So-Cal HHR driver and GM engineer Jim Minneker walked away from the HHR wreck, which happened after the car lost traction at nearly 250 mph when the parachute ...

Chevy Cobalt aims to set E85 record at Bonneville 3 years ago on Autoblog

A Chevrolet Cobalt SS racecar engineered in part by three female students is heading for the Bonneville Salt Flats this week, in an attempt to set speed records using both E85 and gasoline. If the student's Cobalt project is successful, it will be the first vehicle to set a record at Bonneville ...

Honda F1 sets land speed records at Bonneville 3 years ago on Autoblog

All week long, the Honda Racing F1 team has been out at the Bonneville Salt Flats pursuing a lofty goal: setting a new Formula 1 car land speed record over the Bonneville flying mile with an average speed of 400 kph. Honda simply called the mission the Bonneville 400. The instrument being used to ...

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren captures London Land Speed Record 3 years ago on Autoblog

Weekly British automotive mag Autocar recently shut down the London City Airport because they wanted to find out what car was the fastest in London. Amidst a field that included hometown hero Bentley's Continental Flying Spur, as well as a Ford GT (it lost to the British-built SLR by nary 1.4 mph, ...

HSV Maloo R8 Ute breaks production pickup truck speed record 3 years ago on Autoblog

If your slow-ass pickup truck is making you late for work, perhaps Holden's HSV tuner division can offer a solution in the form of the Maloo R8 Ute. With 400 HP courtesy of a General Motors GenIV LS2 small-block V8, the almost-a-truck ran a two-way average of 168.66 MPH on a ...

A land speed record of the unusual sort 3 years ago on Autoblog

Most land-speed racing takes place in the deserts of the Southwest United States, but that doesn't mean that all land-speed records are set there. Voyage Concepts' Jason De Carteret lead a team from the Antarctica port of Patriot Hills to the geographical South Pole in just over 69 hours - ...

Diesel land speed record car based on construction machinery 3 years ago on Autoblog

British construction equipment manufacturer JCB aims to set a new diesel land speed record with this Bonneville streamliner powered by two backhoe engines. Really. The JCB Dieselmax H1 is motivated by a pair of JCB444 diesels normally used with the company's backhoe models. The firm ...

"The World's Fastest Indian" brings LSR racing to the big screen 3 years ago on Autoblog

So drag racing got its moment in the spotlight with "Heart Like A Wheel", and I think we'd all like to forget Hollywood's attempts at dramatizing NASCAR and street racing. However, the fastest form of wheeled racing on earth only now gets a chance to hit the silver screen (At least I ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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