Land speed record

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ThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at Template:Cvt set October 15, 1997.

The land speed record (LSR) or absolute land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land. By a 1964 agreement between the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), respective governing bodies for racing in automobiles and motorcycles (two or three wheels), both bodies recognise as the absolute LSR whatever is the highest speed record achieved across any of their various categories.<ref name="times19641212"/> While the three-wheeled Spirit of America set an FIM-validated LSR in 1963, all subsequent LSRs are by vehicles in FIA Category C ("Special Vehicles") in either class JE (jet engine) or class RT (rocket powered).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FIA LSRs are officiated and validated by its regional or national affiliate organizations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Speed measurement is standardized over a course measuring either Template:Convert or Template:Convert, averaged over two runs with flying start (commonly called "passes")<ref>Regulations for Record Attempts – CHAPTER 2 Template:Webarchive – FIA</ref> going in opposite directions within one hour. A new record mark must exceed the previous one by at least one percent to be validated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

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German AEG railcar in 1903: Template:Convert

Until 1829 the fastest land transport was by horse. Then, railway speed records were set.

The first automobile record regulator was the Automobile Club de France, which proclaimed itself arbiter of the record in about 1902.<ref name="Northey1162">Template:Cite book</ref>

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Ralph DePalma in his Packard '905' Special at Daytona Beach in 1919

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The White Triplex in 1928, driven by Ray Keech

Different clubs had different standards and did not always recognize the same world records<ref> Template:Cite book</ref> until 1924, when the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) introduced new regulations: two passes in opposite directions (to negate the effects of wind) averaged with a maximum of 30 minutes (later more) between runs, average gradient of the racing surface not more than 1 percent, timing gear accurate within 0.01sec, and cars must be wheel-driven.<ref name="Northey1163">Northey, p.1163.</ref> National or regional auto clubs (such as AAA and SCTA) had to be AIACR members to ensure records would be recognized.<ref name="Northey1164">Northey, p.1164.</ref> The AIACR became the FIA in 1947. Controversy arose in 1963: Spirit of America was not recognized due to its being a three-wheeler (leading the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to certify it as a three-wheel motorcycle record when the FIA refused) and not wheel-driven so the FIA introduced a special jet and rocket propelled class.<ref name="Northey1166">Northey, p.1166.</ref> No holder of the absolute record since has been wheel-driven.

In the U.S. and Australia, record runs are often done on salt flats, so the cars are often called salt cars.Template:Citation needed

Women's land speed record

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Dorothy Levitt, in a Template:Cvt 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 in Blackpool, England, and, unlike the FIA and other car-racing organisations, Guinness World Records does recognize gender-based land speed records.<ref name="Strohl2019-09-26-01a">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1906, Dorothy Levitt broke the women's world speed record for the flying kilometer, recording a speed of Template:Cvt and receiving the sobriquet the "Fastest Girl on Earth". She drove a six-cylinder Napier motorcar, a Template:Cvt development of the K5, in a speed trial in Blackpool.<ref name="Hull - Napier">Hull, Peter G. "Napier: The Stradivarius of the Road", in Northey, Tom, ed. The World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 13, p.1483.</ref><ref name="Cars:Early">G.N. Georgano Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886–1930. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985).</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1963, Paula Murphy drove a Studebaker Avanti to Template:Cvt at the Bonneville Salt Flats as part of Andy Granatelli's attempt on the overall record.<ref name="Strohl2019-09-26-01a" /> In 1964, she was asked by the tire company Goodyear to try to improve her own record, which she raised to Template:Cvt in Walt Arfons's jet dragster Avenger.<ref name="Strohl2019-09-26-01a" /><ref name="Hawley2011-01a">Template:Cite book</ref> The rival tire company Firestone and Art Arfons hit back against Goodyear and Walt Arfons when Betty Skelton drove Art's Cyclops to achieve a two-way average of Template:Cvt in September 1965.<ref name="Strohl2019-09-26-01a" />

Five weeks later, Goodyear hit back against Firestone with Lee Breedlove.<ref name="Strohl2019-09-26-01a" /> While recordkeeping has not been as extensive, a report in 1974 confirmed that a record was held by Lee Breedlove, the wife of then overall record holder Craig Breedlove, who piloted her husband's Spirit of America – Sonic I to a record Template:Cvt in 1965.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> According to author Rachel Kushner, Craig Breedlove had talked Lee into taking the car out for a record attempt in order to monopolize the salt flats for the day and block one of his competitors from making a record attempt.<ref>"Knowingly Navigating the Unknown Template:Webarchive", Maria Russo, The New York Times, May 7, 2013</ref>

In 1976, the women's absolute record was set by Kitty O'Neil, in the jet-powered, three-wheeled SMI Motivator, at the Alvord Desert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Held back by her contract with a sponsor and using only 60 percent of her car's power, O'Neil reached an average speed of Template:Cvt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On October 9, 2013, driver Jessi Combs, in a vehicle of the North American Eagle Project running at the Alvord Desert, raised the women's four-wheel land speed class record with an official run of Template:Cvt, surpassing Breedlove's 48-year-old record.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Combs continued with the North American Eagle Project, whose ongoing target is the overall land speed record; as part of that effort, Combs was killed, on August 27, 2019, during an attempt to raise the four-wheel record.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In late June 2020, the Guinness Book of Records reclassified the August 27, 2019 speed runs as meeting its requirements, and Combs was posthumously credited with the record at Template:Cvt, noting she was the first to break the record in 40 years.<ref name="2020-06-25_ABC-AP">Template:Cite news</ref>

Records

1898–1964 (wheel-driven)

Date	Location	Driver	Vehicle	Power	Speed				Comments
					Over 1 km		Over 1 mile
					(mph)	(km/h)	(mph)	(km/h)
December 18, 1898	Template:Flagicon Achères, France	Template:Flagicon Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat	Jeantaud Duc<ref name="Northey1161">Northey, p.1161.</ref>	Electric	39.24	63.15			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Conducted over Template:Convert from a flying start.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 17, 1899	Template:Flagicon Achères, France	Template:Flagicon Camille Jenatzy<ref name="Northey1161"/>	GCA Dogcart	Electric	41.42	66.66			<ref name="landspeedr" />
January 17, 1899	Template:Flagicon Achères, France	Template:Flagicon Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat	Jeantaud Duc	Electric	43.93	70.31			<ref name="landspeedr" />
January 27, 1899	Template:Flagicon Achères, France	Template:Flagicon Camille Jenatzy	GCA Dogcart	Electric	49.93	80.35			<ref name="landspeedr" />
March 4, 1899	Template:Flagicon Achères, France	Template:Flagicon Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat	Jeantaud Duc Profilée	Electric	57.65	92.78			<ref name="landspeedr" />
April 29, 1899	Template:Flagicon Achères, France	Template:Flagicon Camille Jenatzy	CITA No 25 La Jamais Contente	Electric	65.79	105.88			First purpose-designed land speed racer<ref name=gizmodo>Template:Cite news</ref> First record over Template:Convert<ref name="landspeedr" />
April 13, 1902	Template:Flagicon Nice, France	Template:Flagicon Léon Serpollet	Gardner-Serpollet Œuf de Pâques (Easter Egg)	Steam<ref name="Northey1162"/>	75.06	120.80
August 5, 1902	Template:Flagicon Ablis, France	Template:Flagicon William Kissam Vanderbilt II	Mors Z Paris-Vienne	Internal combustion	76.03	122.438			First internal combustion powered record<ref name="Northey1162"/>
November 5, 1902	Template:Flagicon Dourdan, France	Template:Flagicon Henri Fournier	Mors Z Paris-Vienne	Internal combustion V4, 9.2-litre, 60 bhp	76.59	123.25			<ref name="Posthumus (1971)">Posthumus, Cyril. Land Speed Record: A complete history of the record-breaking cars from 39 to 600+ mph (Osprey Publishing, Reading, 1971)</ref>
November 17, 1902	Template:Flagicon Dourdan, France	Template:Flagicon Maurice Augières	Mors Z Paris-Vienne	Internal combustion	77.13	124.13			<ref name="landspeedr" />
July 17, 1903	Template:Flagicon Ostend, Belgium	Template:Flagicon Arthur Duray	Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid	Internal combustion	83.46	132.32			<ref name="landspeedr" />
November 5, 1903	Template:Flagicon Dourdan, France	Template:Flagicon Arthur Duray	Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid	Internal combustion	84.73	136.35			<ref name="Posthumus (1971)" />
January 12, 1904	Template:Flagicon New Baltimore, United States	Template:Flagicon Henry Ford	Ford 999 Racer	Internal combustion			91.37	147.05	<ref>Cars Against the Clock, The World Land Speed Record, Robert B. Jackson (New York, Henry Z. Walck, Inc.), p.19, Template:ISBN</ref>
March 31, 1904	Template:Flagicon Nice, France	Template:Flagicon Louis Rigolly	Gobron-Brillié Paris-Madrid	Internal combustion	94.78	152.53			<ref name="landspeedr" />
May 25, 1904	Template:Flagicon Ostend, Belgium	Template:Flagicon Pierre de Caters	Mercedes Simplex 90	Internal combustion	97.25	156.50			<ref name="landspeedr" />
July 21, 1904<ref name="Posthumus (1971)" />	Template:Flagicon Ostend, Belgium	Template:Flagicon Louis Rigolly	Gobron-Brillié Gordon Bennett	Internal combustion	103.56	166.66			First record over Template:Convert,<ref name="landspeedr"/> 2 months after City of Truro's.
November 13, 1904	Template:Flagicon Ostend, Belgium	Template:Flagicon Paul Baras	Darracq Gordon Bennett	Internal combustion	104.53	168.22			<ref name="landspeedr" />
December 30, 1905	Template:Flagicon Arles, France	Template:Flagicon Victor Hémery	Darracq Special	Internal combustion	109.59	176.37			<ref name="landspeedr" />
January 26, 1906	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Fred Marriott	Stanley Rocket<ref name="Northey1163"/>	Steam	127.66	205.44			First record over Template:Convert. First faster than contemporary rail speed record. Fastest steam-powered land vehicle until 2009.<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive – The British Steam Car Challenge</ref>
citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Template:Flagicon Brooklands, United Kingdom||Template:Flagicon Victor Hémery||Benz No. 1 200 hp (150 kW) ||Internal combustion: Template:Convert inline-4 Benz engine|| 125.94 || 202.68 || 115.93 || 186.57 || First run using electronic timing<ref name="Northey1163"/>
June 24, 1914	Template:Flagicon Brooklands, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Lydston Hornsted	Benz No. 3 200 hp (150 kW)	Internal combustion: Template:Convert inline-4 Benz engine	—		124.09	199.70	First 2-way record, set at Brooklands under new Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) 2-way rule<ref name="Northey1163"/>
May 17, 1922	Template:Flagicon Brooklands, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Kenelm Lee Guinness	Sunbeam 350HP	V12, single ohc, 18.3 litre, 350 b.h.p. engine	133.75	215.25			The third and last time the record was set at Brooklands<ref name="Posthumus (1971)"/>
July 6, 1924	Template:Flagicon Arpajon, France	Template:Flagicon René Thomas	Délage	Internal combustion, V12, ohv, 10.6 litre, 280 bhp engine			143.31	230.634	<ref name = "Posthumus (1971)" />
July 12, 1924	Template:Flagicon Arpajon, France	Template:Flagicon Ernest Eldridge	FIAT Mephistopheles	Internal combustion: Template:Convert inline-6 FIAT A.12 aero engine	—		145.89	234.98	Fastest land speed record ever on a public road<ref name="Northey1163"/>
September 25, 1924	Template:Flagicon Pendine, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Sunbeam 350HP	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Sunbeam aero engine	—		146.16	235.22	First land speed record by Malcolm Campbell<ref name=crawford/>
July 21, 1925	Template:Flagicon Pendine, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Sunbeam 350HP	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Sunbeam aero engine	—		150.87	242.8	First person to travel on land at over Template:Convert<ref name=crawford>Scott A. G. M. Crawford, "Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885–1948)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 20 April 2013 Template:Webarchive</ref>
March 16, 1926	Template:Flagicon Ainsdale beach at Southport, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Henry Segrave	Ladybird	Internal combustion: a 4-litre Sunbeam Tiger			152.33	245.15
April 27, 1926	Template:Flagicon Pendine, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon J. G. Parry-Thomas	Babs	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Liberty L-12 aero engine	169.29	270.864	168.74	269.984	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
April 28, 1926	Template:Flagicon Pendine, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon J. G. Parry-Thomas	Babs	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Liberty L-12 aero engine	172.09	275.341	171.69	274.590	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
February 4, 1927	Template:Flagicon Pendine, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Napier-Campbell Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion aero engine	—		174.88	281.44	<ref name=crawford/>
March 29, 1927	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Henry Segrave	Mystery (aka "Sunbeam 1000 hp")	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert V12 Sunbeam Matabele aero engines	203.79	327.97			The first car to reach a speed over 200 mph (320 km/h)<ref>Holthusen, Peter J.R. (1986). The Land Speed Record Template:ISBN</ref>
February 19, 1928	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Napier-Campbell Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion aero engine	206.956	333.048			<ref name="Northey1164"/>
April 22, 1928	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Ray Keech	Triplex Special	Internal combustion: 3 × Template:Convert V12 Liberty L-12 aero engines	207.552	334.007			<ref>Northey, Tom (1974). "Land Speed Record: The Fastest Men on Earth". In Tom Northey. World of Automobiles. Vol. 10 (London: Orbis), pp.1164–5.</ref>
March 11, 1929	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Henry Segrave	Golden Arrow	Internal combustion: Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion aero engine	231.446	372.459			Segrave was knighted for this effort<ref name="Northey1165">Northey, p.1165.</ref>
February 5, 1931	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States<ref name="Posthumus (1971)" />	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engine	246.09	396.025			Campbell was knighted for this effort<ref name="Northey1165"/>
February 24, 1932	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engine	253.97	408.73			First Template:Convert pass.<ref name=crawford/>
February 22, 1933	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Campbell-Railton Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engine	272.46	438.48			<ref name=crawford/>
March 7, 1935	Template:Flagicon Daytona Beach, United States	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Campbell-Railton Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engine	276.816	445.472			<ref name="Northey1165"/>
September 3, 1935	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Campbell-Railton Blue Bird	Internal combustion: Template:Convert V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engine	301.129	484.598			First Template:Convert pass, first absolute record set at Bonneville<ref name="Northey1165"/>
November 19, 1937	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon George Eyston	Thunderbolt	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines	311.42	501.16			<ref name="Northey1165"/>
August 27, 1938	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon George Eyston	Thunderbolt	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines	345.49 <ref name="Northey1165"/>	556.012
September 15, 1938	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon John Cobb	Railton	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engines	350.2	563.566			<ref name="Northey1165"/>
September 16, 1938	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon George Eyston	Thunderbolt	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines	357.5	575.314			<ref name="Northey1165"/>
August 23, 1939	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon John Cobb	Railton Special	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engines	369.74 <ref name="Northey1165"/>	595.04	367.91	592.091
September 16, 1947	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon John Cobb	Railton Mobil Special	Internal combustion: 2 × Template:Convert W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engines	394.196 <ref name="Northey1163"/>	634.397	394.19	634.39	First single pass at over 400 mph (402 mph)
July 17, 1964	Template:Flagicon Lake Eyre, Australia	Template:Flagicon Donald Campbell	Bluebird CN7	Turboshaft: 1 × Template:Convert Bristol Proteus gas turbine			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	648.73	Last wheel driven absolute record.

1963–present (jet and rocket propulsion)

Craig Breedlove's mark of Template:Convert,<ref name="Northey1166"/><ref name="Twite, Mike p.231">Twite, Mike. "Craig Breedlove: Toward the Sound Barrier", in World of Automobiles (Volume 2, p.231).</ref> set in Spirit of America in September 1963, was initially considered unofficial. The vehicle breached the FIA regulations on two grounds: it had only three wheels, and it was not wheel-driven, since its jet engine did not supply power to its axles. Some time later, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) created a non-wheel-driven category, and ratified Spirit of AmericaTemplate:'s time for this mark.<ref name="Northey1166"/> On July 17, 1964, Donald Campbell's Bluebird CN7 posted a speed of Template:Convert on Lake Eyre, Australia. This became the official FIA LSR, although Campbell was disappointed not to have beaten Breedlove's time.<ref name="lshistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In October, several four-wheel jet-cars surpassed the 1963 mark, but were eligible for neither FIA nor FIM ratification.<ref name="lshistory" /> The confusion of having three different LSRs lasted until December 11, 1964, when the FIA and FIM met in Paris and agreed to recognize as an absolute LSR the higher speed recorded by either body, by any vehicles running on wheels, whether wheel-driven or not.<ref name="times19641212">Template:Cite news</ref>

Date	Location	Driver	Vehicle	Power	Speed				Comments
					Over 1 km		Over 1 mile
					(mph)	(km/h)	(mph)	(km/h)
August 5, 1963	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Craig Breedlove	Spirit of America	Turbojet			407.447	655.722	<ref name="Northey1166"/><ref name="Twite, Mike p.231"/> Initially considered unofficial since the vehicle had 3 wheels. Later ratified by FIM.
October 2, 1964	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Tom Green	Wingfoot Express	Turbojet			413.2	665.0	<ref name="Northey1166"/>
October 5, 1964	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Art Arfons	Green Monster	Turbojet			434.03	698.50	<ref name="Northey1166"/>
October 13, 1964	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Craig Breedlove	Spirit of America	Turbojet			468.719	754.330	<ref name="landspeedr" />
October 15, 1964	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Craig Breedlove	Spirit of America	Turbojet			526.277	846.961	<ref name="landspeedr" />
October 27, 1964	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Art Arfons	Green Monster	Turbojet			536.710	863.751	<ref name="landspeedr" />
November 2, 1965	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Craig Breedlove	Spirit of America – Sonic 1	Turbojet	555.485	893.966	555.485	893.966	<ref>Cars Against the Clock, The Fastest Men on Earth, Clifton, Paul, New York, The John Day Company, page 238, L.C. 66-15097</ref>
November 7, 1965	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Art Arfons	Green Monster	Turbojet	576.553	927.872	576.553	927.872	<ref name="landspeedr" />
November 15, 1965	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Craig Breedlove	Spirit of America – Sonic 1	Turbojet	594	955.950	600.601	966.574	First thrust powered record to be ratified by the FIA
October 23, 1970	Template:Flagicon Bonneville Salt Flats, United States	Template:Flagicon Gary Gabelich	Blue Flame	Rocket	630.478	1014.656	622.407	1001.667	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
October 4, 1983	Template:Flagicon Black Rock Desert, United States	Template:Flagicon Richard Noble	Thrust2	Turbojet: 1 × Rolls-Royce Avon	634.051	1020.406	633.47	1019.47	<ref name="FIA land speed records, Cat C"/>
September 25, 1997	Template:Flagicon Black Rock Desert, United States	Template:Flagicon Andy Green	ThrustSSC	Turbofan: 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey	713.990	1149.055	714.144	1149.303	<ref name="FIA land speed records, Cat C"/>
October 15, 1997	Template:Flagicon Black Rock Desert, United States	Template:Flagicon Andy Green	ThrustSSC	Turbofan: 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey	760.343	1223.657	763.035	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	First to break the speed of sound

See also

• List of vehicle speed records
• British land speed record
• Production car speed record
• Railway speed record
• Motorcycle land speed record
• Aero-engined car
• Pioneer 2M – Soviet Union attempt at the land speed record in early 1960s
• Budweiser Rocket – Claimed but not verified to have reached Template:Convert and to have broken the sound barrier in 1979
• North American Eagle Project – Aiming for Template:Convert, the project was abandoned after one of its drivers was killed in the car.
• Bloodhound LSR – Project aiming for Template:Convert.
• Rosco McGlashan – Australia's fastest man on the land. His Aussie Invader team is building a fully rocket-powered LSR car with an attempt at the record currently on hold pending funding.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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External links

• Template:Official website – Australian challengers to the supersonic showdown
• Speed Record Club – The Speed Record Club seeks to promote an informed and educated enthusiast identity, reporting accurately and impartially to the best of its ability on record-breaking engineering, events, attempts and history.
• The Land Speed Record in the Sixties: an on-line collection