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714.144 sanctioned as land speed record
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Andy Green is officially the fastest man on wheels.
On an otherwise frustrating Thursday in Nevada for the British
Thrust SSC team as bad weather set in on the Black Rock Desert, the
Intern...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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WORLD-BEATER!; Brit team breaks land speed record.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; Speed ace Richard Noble yesterday vowed his team's record-breaking car will smash the sound barrier. Thrust 2, driven by Andy Green, broke the world land speed record on Thursday, racing across the Nevada desert at almost 730mph. But Richard has his sights set on a sonic boom by pushing it to
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Land speed record holder Don Vesco dies
National Dragster
; Bits From The Pits Veteran land speed racer Don Vesco died Dec. 16 following a year-long battle with prostate cancer. He was 63. Throughout his career, Vesco set numerous motorcycle and automotive land speed records. He also was an accomplished motorcycle road racer and owned Don Vesco Yamaha in El
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New British EV Land Speed Record Set.(Brief Article)
Electric Vehicle Online Today
; The British land speed record for an electrically-powered car was broken recently by London-based photographer Don Wales. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Wales reached a top speed of 128 miles per hour (mph) at the Pendine Sands in south Wales, beating his own record of 116
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JCB in land speed attempt
Citizen Gloucestershire, The
; Land speed recording breaking JCB has announced a return to the salt flats of Utah - a year after smashing the world speed record. Last August, team JCB Dieselmax broke the land speed record for diesel-powered vehicles, averaging 328.7mph. The previous record of 235mph had stood for 30 years. Now
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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British engineers aim at electric land speed record.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Charles Arthur Technology Editor IT'S NOT the fastest milk cart in the West - but it does have a similar propulsion system designed to take it past 249mph. Two British engineers unveiled their plans yesterday for a car that would break the land speed record for an electrically powered
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