Land Speed Record News

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…

Bloodhound land speed record to take place in South African desert after major funding breakthrough The Bloodhound SSC land speed record will go ahead towards the end of 2019 after…

Land speed record-breaking attempts don't come around often, which makes Bloodhound SSC's attempt all the more impressive, says Andrew Frankel We stood five deep at the edges of Newquay airport’s runway. On…

Alonso enters 2018 endurance one-off, Nissan launches major programme, IndyCar and NASCAR teams announce line-ups and more in the Weekly Debrief Kvyat released by Toro Rosso Daniil Kvyat will not…

The Bloodhound SSC project isn't the only current land speed record team with 1,000mph in its sights, Australian Rosco McGlashan's Aussie Invader 5R is racing the Brits to the milestone.…

Joe Dunn looks ahead to the new issue of Motor Sport, in UK stores now About halfway through our ‘Lunch with’ Jacques Villeneuve in this month’s Motor Sport, the 1997 world…

A snippet of Guy Martin's record attempt in his own words, only in the new issue of Motor Sport Last month Guy Martin was sat in a 1000bhp Triumph on…

I was five when Gary Gabelich broke the Land Speed Record in October 1970 and, I guess for that very reason, it was a very big deal. I don’t think…

The Guy Martin and Triumph motorcycle land speed record attempt scheduled for this week has been put back a month, with the team choosing to wait for "optimal conditions" in September. …

The podcast has now been recorded and will be released on August 24. Simon Taylor will be joining the podcast team to talk about his life in motor sport, his 'Lunch…

Guy Martin and Triumph Motorcycles are to team up for a new motorcycle world land speed record attempt on August 23-24, aiming to break the current record of 376.383mph on the Bonneville salt flats…

On the A303 in Somerset there are quite a few hills. Some are pretty big, which helped my 1992 Fiat Panda cover an entire mile in 48 seconds. Quite impressive,…

The passing of Lord Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu of Beaulieu on August 31 made me think for the first time in many years about the National Motor Museum he founded back in…