The Challenger 2 Streamliner has sold at auction for $561,000 (£432,000), just over a year after becoming the fastest piston-driven vehicle of all time Danny Thompson took the Challenger 2 to 448.757mph…
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First, the facts: 40 years ago on 17 December, Barrett – a Hollywood stunt man with no motor sport experience – wriggled into the cramped cockpit of a long, slender…
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Craig Breedlove has given us a choice. Either a smart restaurant in a vinery, or Hozy’s, a cheap and cheerful eatery. “Hozy’s,” explains Breedlove, “is where all the local racers…
See Andy Green steer the Bloodhound land speed record car on course as he accelerates to 628mph in South Africa testing The team behind the Bloodhound land speed record car…
Bloodhound LSR hit 628mph during its latest test run in the South African desert as it builds up to a land speed record attempt in 2020/21 Bloodhound at the start of…
Motorcycle land speed record holder and survivor of Britain's fastest motorbike crash, Zef Eisenberg talks about the exhilaration of speed in the latest podcast Zef Eisenberg holds the land-speed record…
After setting the goal of hitting 500mph, Bloodhound's land speed record car has already broken that barrier and can go faster still according to pilot Andy Green The man in…
"Adventurous and passionate" Jessi Combs killed following a jet car crash in the Oregon desert Photo: Jessi Combs, Facebook Jessi Combs, who holds the title of the fastest woman on…
Bloodhound land speed record bid is back on track with plans for a 500mph test in South Africa this October Photo: Bloodhound LSR The British team targeting a 1,000mph land…
A BMW M1 that popular racer Harald Ertl converted to set an LPG land speed record is heading to auction The BMW M1 will always have plenty of advocates, given this supercar…
Witness unearthed footage of an extraordinary but harrowing day from January 1938 when Caracciola set new marks in his streamlined Mercedes Towering pre-war racer Rudolf Caracciola was born on this…
Motor sport and land speed records to be celebrated in this year’s Goodwood hillclimb event Goodwood has announced that this year’s Festival of Speed taking place on July 4-7 will…
Following the news that the Bloodhound SSC project has been saved by a new investor, we trace the ups and downs of the land speed record attempt since its launch in…
But it insists hope remains, as Andrew Frankel explains It has just been announced that the Bloodhound Project, which hoped to not only to break the Land Speed Record but also…
Now that Bluebird K7 has been raised from the depths of Coniston Water, Andrew Frankel hopes more than ever that people remember the legacy and achievements of Donald Campbell Photo: Phil Evans/The Bluebird…
This week in motor sport, from the database June 1 // June 2 // June 3 // June 4 // June 5 // June 6 // June 7 June 1 1947 Former McLaren Formula 1 team principal Ron…
