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CAR RACING AND MOBILITY HISTORY: British automobiles and the Bonneville Salt Flats
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Studying car racing history is an important but neglected aspect of mobility history. Whereas car enthusiasts publish trade and popular books about the vehicles and the races, academicians rarely study racing.1 Yet the emergence of the automobile cannot be fully understood without its early context of leisure and sport. It was only after cars became more safe and reliable that the general public started to depend on them as a way to travel. And racing helped improve car technology and publici...
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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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Bolt from the blue sets an electrifying speed record
The Independent - London
; The grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell yesterday broke the British land speed record for an electric-powered vehicle, with a speed of 128mph, writes Mark Rowe. Don Wales battled banks of rolling mist and soft sand to break his own record of 116 mph. The drive was at Pendine Sands, west Wales, where
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Jetting off for speed record.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; THE team which broke the 18-year-old British land speed record last year unveiled their new jet car for the first time at Stoneleigh today. The new-look car, called Split Second, will be used by drivers Colin Fallows and Mark Newby in July this year when they attempt to break their own record and
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 "Pretoria News (South Africa)")
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Dead land speed record-holder knew perils of racing.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa)
; Land speed record-holder Johan Jacobs (39), who died during a test run in the build-up to his attempt at the world record for the standing start mile, was acutely aware of how perilous a pastime he was involved in. He placed a premium on the safety aspect of high-speed racing. Jacobs and his team
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Land-speed record site to ban leisure thrill-seekers.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ... the dangers. James McDowall, from Cardiff, is chairman of the UK Inline Boarding Association and said he was devastated at the news that wind sports are banned at Pendine for the foreseeable future. 'It is not in the interest of the local economy, or I believe ...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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LAND SPEED RECORD SET AT 763 MPH.(SPORTS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; GERLACH, NEV. -- A British jet-powered car blasted through the sound barrier twice Wednesday, shattering the world land speed record. Owner Richard Noble's jet-powered Thrust SSC pushed the land speed record above Mach 1, the speed of sound. Noble's car, with Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green at the
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