Bloodhound LSR sale: "It's a last roll of the dice"
“Either we get somebody to fund it or we just have to put it into a museum and close the project down.” It’s a sad but realistic assessment from Bloodhound’s…
The Bloodhound LSR project is up for sale in another hit for the team hoping to set a new land speed record. According to Bloodhound, it is "last chance" for…
Clean-living Ab Jenkins set record after record at Bonneville between the 1930s and 1950s. With an eye for publicity and meticulous approach, he made the salt flats the home of the land speed record
The Bloodhound Land Speed Record project has been pushed back until 2022 at the earliest amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. After completing its successful high-speed testing in South Africa back…
Zef Eisenberg, the multiple land speed record holder, has been described as an inspirational character after he was killed during a British land speed record attempt at Elvington Airfield, near…
It was meant to be the pinnacle of Germany’s racing dominance. A Silver Arrow that really was quicker than anything else on the planet. With an engine from a Messerschmitt,…
Jessi Combs has been posthumously awarded the title of the fastest woman on land, ten months after a fatal crash during the attempt. The 36-year-old broke the record with a…
What would happen if you put a Formula 1 car alongside a normal road car, a Bugatti Chiron and the Bloodhound Land Speed Record car? Bloodhound has obliged and released…
The man behind Britain's Bloodhound land speed record attempt has warned that the project could be closed down if it doesn't hit its £8million funding goal. Ian Warhurst, who has…
In my hands is a literal ton of jet engine. It might be on a hoist, but I’ve got enough of the strain that my arms feel wobbly and I…
After highly successful 2019 tests, Bloodhound has said that its land speed record car is capable of setting a new world record having completed its month-long programme in South Africa.…
The Challenger 2 Streamliner has sold at auction for $561,000 (£432,000), just over a year after becoming the fastest piston-driven vehicle of all time Danny Thompson took the Challenger 2 to 448.757mph…
First, the facts: 40 years ago on 17 December, Barrett – a Hollywood stunt man with no motor sport experience – wriggled into the cramped cockpit of a long, slender…
Craig Breedlove has given us a choice. Either a smart restaurant in a vinery, or Hozy’s, a cheap and cheerful eatery. “Hozy’s,” explains Breedlove, “is where all the local racers…
See Andy Green steer the Bloodhound land speed record car on course as he accelerates to 628mph in South Africa testing The team behind the Bloodhound land speed record car…
Bloodhound LSR hit 628mph during its latest test run in the South African desert as it builds up to a land speed record attempt in 2020/21 Bloodhound at the start of…
Motorcycle land speed record holder and survivor of Britain's fastest motorbike crash, Zef Eisenberg talks about the exhilaration of speed in the latest podcast Zef Eisenberg holds the land-speed record…