Rolex Backs Land Speed Record Contender Bloodhound
25 May 2011, 13:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Renown Swiss watchmaker Rolex has been signed as the Official Timing Partner of the Bloodhound Project in its attempt to break the Land Speed Record in 2013. The team led by Richard Noble OBE will t...
Three Teams Fight for the World Land Speed Record
28 Jan 2011, 09:03 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Land speed racing is back as three teams will go for the win this time, attempting to travel faster than 800 mph (1,287 k/h) for the World Land Speed Record. Specifically, the Canadian/American team...
British Millionaire Builds a £1m Electric Supercar
15 Nov 2010, 09:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What do you get when you combine a British millionaire with a lot of money, a second-hand Lotus and a team of engineers? You get a ‘Nemesis’ electric powered supercar. In order to bui...
Fastest Motorcycle in the World Displayed at AMA Hall of Fame
25 Oct 2010, 05:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The fully streamlined blue bullet that recently set the outright motorcycle land speed record of more than 376 mph (605 km/h) on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah will be displayed at the Motorcycle...
Buckeye Bullet Sets EV Speed World Record
27 Aug 2010, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With more and more students and universities getting into the fight for establishing a new land speed record for battery electric powered vehicles, we are likely to receive more and more news like t...
Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Tops 200 MPH Mark
19 Aug 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The ASMC modified 2010 Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Special has now entered the record books, as it achieved a 203.720 mph run at this year's Bonneville Speed Week, exceeding the previous record o...
Bugatti's Top Speed Record Threatened By Shelby
13 Jul 2010, 10:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Bugatti recently claimed the land speed record for a production car, with the Super Sport version of the Veyron hypercar managing to reach no less than 268 mph (431 km/h). The news has brought a ...
Nevada Highway Public Race Announced
11 Mar 2010, 13:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / An automotive race doesn't have to be famous in order to conquer the hearts of automotive enthusiasts. Sometimes, newly-born races, especially the ones held on mountain roads, can become events...
Ecotricity Nemesis Supercar to Break Land Speed Record
4 Jan 2010, 16:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Dale Vince, the founder of green energy supplier Ecotricity, recently announced that he’s planning an attempt to break the current British electric land speed record of 137mph in February in h...
Cyclone to Provide Engine for USLSR's Record Attempt
9 Dec 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A good recognition of the efforts made lately by Cyclone Power Technologies for the development of a new type of engine is the announcement that Cyclone will be providing the engine for the car whic...
BLOODHOUND SSC Design Finalised
24 Nov 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Bloodhound SSC attempt to break the land speed record has reached a new stage, as the team announced the final design of the car. The project has gone through ten design evolutions since it star...
New Lawnmower Land Speed Record Attempt in 2010
19 Nov 2009, 14:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A British team aims to shatter the world land speed record for a lawnmower by topping 100 mph at the beginning of 2010. Dubbed 'Project Runningblade', the team is determined to beat the r...
Jesse James’ Land Speed Record, Challenged
23 Jun 2009, 13:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A few days ago, we were informing you about Jesse James’ successful attempt in breaking the land speed record for a hydrogen powered vehicle, which happened while filming his television show &...
Jesse G. James Breaks Land Speed Record
22 Jun 2009, 06:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Jesse G. James didn’t just challenge the land speed record for a hydrogen powered vehicle, but he even successfully broke it. This happened while filming his television show ‘Jesse James...