Even though they still own the land speed record, which the Thrust SSC set on October 15, 1997 at 763 mph, Richard Noble, and Andy Green have returned to the quest for the world's fastest land vehicle ...

The insane Bloodhound SSC will make its attempt at a new land speed record next year. Currently holding the record at 763 mph is Andy Green, who piloted the Thrust SSC in 1997. Yes, that means the ...

You are already the fastest man on terra firma. What was the Thrust SSC experience like, and how does it feel 17 years later? Building and running the world’s first supersonic car, and setting the ...

29 Sep 2017, 11:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Slowly but surely, the British-led project that aims to correct the standing land speed record by more than 200 mph is getting ready for the big day ...

Back in 2015, it first came to our attention that a new vehicle was in development that was looking to make a genuine stake at the world land speed record. With the record currently set (and held) by ...

The land speed record looks set to remain unbroken for the foreseeable future The land speed record looks set to remain unbroken for the foreseeable future Though things look dire, one person who ...

The Bloodhound is a supersonic land speed car built to smash the world speed record that was set in 1997 by Andy Green, who piloted the Thrust SSC to 736mph. He came on to the Bloodhound project to ...

On the morning of October 15, 1997, a dust trail streaked across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. At its apex, driver Andy Green braced himself at the wheel of thrust SSC as the jet-powered car reached ...

In preparation for the upcoming land speed record run by the Bloodhound SSC rocket car, Jaguar has prepared a special Jaguar F-Type to serve as the rapid-response vehicle in case of emergency.

For about a decade now, the British Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) effort has been working on a rocket-powered car it hopes to use to smash the vehicular land speed record, currently held by the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Bloodhound Programme Ltd is already “under administration” after running out of cash, or in the British equivalent of bankruptcy. But officials told ...

A car built to go 1000 mph has completed its first public tests. The Bloodhound SSC is a jet and rocket-powered streamliner that uses a Formula 1 engine as a fuel pump. The needle-nose car made two ...