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1. topgear.fandom.com › wiki › Hammond's_VampireHammond's Vampire Dragster Crash | Top Gear Wiki | Fandom

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   Sky News and BBC News reported that he was driving a Vampire jet car powered by a Bristol-Siddeley Orpheus turbojet engine, one of a pair built by Allan 'Bootsie' Herridge in 1981; the same car which had held the British land speed record at 300.3 mph (483.29 km/h) since 2000.

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3. www.topgear.com › car-news › big-readsBloodhound SSC: the full story - Top Gear

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   Oct 25, 2017 · Bloodhound SSC: the full story. TG gets an inside look at the land speed record car aiming to hit 1,000mph. Ollie Marriage. Published: 25 Oct 2017. Top Gear Magazine Subscription – 5 issues...

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bloodhound_LSRBloodhound LSR - Wikipedia

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   The car achieved 501 mph (806 km/h) on 6 November 2019, [28] and a final top speed of 628 mph (1,011 km/h) on 16 November, making it the eighth vehicle to attain a land speed of over 600 mph. [2]

5. www.topgear.com › car-news › britishWanna drive the 763mph+ Bloodhound LSR? It's all ... - Top Gear

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   Nov 7, 2023 · The car, which hit 628mph during testing back in 2019, retains its jet and rocket thrust design, and will run net zero emissions using synthetic fuel. “We’re not using any fossil fuels ...

6. www.topgear.com › car-news › britishThe actual Bloodhound land speed record car is ... - Top Gear

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   Sep 22, 2015 · The engineering chaps have kindly left one side of the 135,000bhp jet/rocket car uncovered so you can see all the workings, including the carbon, steel and alloy chassis and the tail-fin’s...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_vehicle_speed_recordsList of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of speed records for various types of vehicles. This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category.

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   Who will drive a supersonic land speed record car?

   • So only one person will ever drive it: Andy Green. But that’s alright – he’s the one and only man on the planet who has previous when it comes to supersonic Land Speed Record cars. No man is better suited to the task than the current Land Speed Record holder. Doesn’t hurt that he flies fast jets for the RAF when he’s not doing this.

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   How fast can a car run?

   • An area 12 miles (19 km) long and 3 miles (4.8 km) wide was identified as suitable, with the first runs in October 2019. Further runs in November 2019 achieved a top speed of 628 miles per hour (1,011 km/h), the eighth vehicle to attain a land speed of over 600 miles per hour (970 km/h).

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   Where was the land speed record run?

   • The venue chosen for high speed testing and for the land speed record runs was Hakskeen Pan in the Mier area of the Northern Cape, South Africa, on a track measuring 12 miles (19 km) long.

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   Will Top Gear be axed?

   • Rumours started to circulate after Hammond's crash that Top Gear was going to be axed, but this was denied by the BBC when they announced on the 6th of October that the show was still in full production for its new series, although it would only air when Hammond had fully recovered and able to participate in the programme.

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   Is Bloodhound aiming for land speed record?

   • "Bloodhound car aiming for land speed record has final UK tests". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 December 2019. ^ "Timken to provide wheel bearing solution for 1,000 mph car". Bloodhound SSC. 2 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2021. ^ "Andy Green's Diary – September 2019".

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   Did Hammond break the land speed record?

   • Primetime Land Speed Engineering initially denied reports that Hammond was making an attempt to break the land speed record, although telemetry on one of the runs suggested that he had reached 314.4mph (506 km/h), an unofficial British record.

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9. www.wired.com › story › bloodhound-sscThe story of Bloodhound SSC's land speed dreams | WIRED

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   Nov 17, 2014 · Nov 17, 2014 11:47 AM. The story of Bloodhound SSC's land speed dreams. On the morning of October 15, 1997, a dust trail streaked across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. At its apex, driver Andy Green...