Land Speed Racing: Quest for 1000 mph #2   We can't get enough of Bloodhound SSC. A quest for 1000 mph? Awesome, even to think about it. So.. when the Bloodhound gang releases a press release, I share it. Here's a few more tasty bits of info your mind to chew on... The world land speed record of 763 mph is held by Thrust SSC, a UK team lead by BLOODHOUND’s Project Director Richard Noble and driven by Andy Green. Components for BLOODHOUND SSC are being manufactured by specialists across the UK and delivered to the BLOODHOUND Technical Centre in Bristol for assembly throughout 2013. UK runway testing (up to 200 mph) will get underway early 2014 before the team decamp to the Hakskeen Pan, South Africa to begin high speed testing. The BLOODHOUND team scoured the globe to find the perfect desert to run the car on, it needed to be at least 12 miles long, two miles wide and perfectly flat. The Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa was selected. At full speed BLOODHOUND SSC will cover a mile in 3.6 seconds, that’s 4.5 football pitches laid...

Land Speed Racing: Quest for 1000 mph MyRideisMe.com doesn't typically post news releases. But... not that many news releases are talking about a 1000 mph race car either. There are some pretty amazing technical challenges here that intrigue me. I'm guessing you'll trip out too... One mile (1.6 km) in 3.6 seconds 10 million square meter race track (107 million square feet or 3.86 Square miles) cleared by hand Driven by Andy Green, the Fastest Man on Earth and record holder at 1228 kph (763 mph) in the Thrust SSC in 1997. The first car to officially break the sound barrier 22,000 lbs of thrust to 350 mph using EJ200 Eurofighter jet engine Add 47,000 lbs of thrust to the target of 1050 mph using the Falcon hybrid rocket engine burning solid rocket fuel 750hp F1 engine powers the fuel pump (sort of) - 963 liters in 20 second 42.6 liters/second or 11.2 gallons/second of rocket fuel oxidizer Stay tuned. Download this image as wallpaper here Bloodhound SSC News release FASTEST MAN ON EARTH VISITS DESERT RACETRACK On 24 July 2012, Land Speed Record (LSR) holder Andy Green visited...

Bonneville Salt Flats: Gearing up for Everything Speed! There's always one new car or project out there that makes you go think: DAMN! I found one. Richard Noble, you might have heard of him, is leading the charge. In his words: "Welcome to the BLOODHOUND Project, the engineering adventure for the 21st century. We are pushing the limits and inspiring our young engineers and scientists with our incredible car capable of 1,000mph" 1000 mph. Richard's got the experience to do it too. He held the land speed record from 1983 to 1997 driving Thrust2 on the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. His record was a mere 633mph. Now, the team led by Noble's looking to blow past the record of ThrustSSC at 763mph and break 1000mph. If they can do it, they'll be the second car ever to break the sound barrier. There's nothing more I can say about the car that's not spelled out in full (overwhelmingly so) detail on the Bloodhound SSC homepage. So let me share a couple videos: Animated Video of the Bloodhound SSC's record breaking run: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQOWYkJSzI[/youtube] Richard Nobel's old ride, Thrust2 1983 Record...

Salt Flats Racing: Everything we got! Bonneville Speed Week 2012: (Updated as new stories are added) Hot Rods at the car show happening with Bonneville Speed Week All Smiles for Record Setters at Bonneville Speed Week Record Setting Bombshell 1952 Buick Super Riviera 2012 Speed Week Warm-up – Old Friends and New Friends on the Salt 841 Cubic Inches and 1,850 Horsepower to Bonneville for Fun, Records and Charity Bonneville Speed Week 2011: Bonneville Speed Week 2011 – Record Breaking Plan Coffee and Salt – Bonneville Morning at Speed Week 2011 Heating up at Speedweek 2011 – Bonneville Salt Flats Day 1- Bonneville Speed Week 2011 – Spectre Performance Blowfish Swimming Upstream – Speed Week 2011 Hot Rods of Bonneville Speed Week 2011 Day 2 – Bonneville Speed Week 2011 – Spectre Performance Day 2 – Speedweek 2011 at Bonneville Salt Flats More Speedweek 2011 at Bonneville Salt Flats Record Breaking Runs – Speedweek 2011 Chasing 400 mph – One Mile at a Time Bonneville Speed Week 2010: Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – Baddest Race Cars Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – First Look More Salt Please - More pictures...

Bonneville Salt Flats: Land Speed Record Info: The countdown is on for Speed Week, the land-speed racing event of the year! This Speed Week makes sixty-two years that Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) and Bonneville Nationals Incorporated (BNI) have run this week-long speed spectacular. Since the whole point of the event is the “world’s fastest automotive speed trials” that means SCTA/BNI are responsible for verifying the record breaking speeds. Upon my first Speed Week experience last August, I pondered exactly HOW one breaks the speed record as I watched speedsters, lakesters, roadsters, coupes, pickups, and motorcycles speed from the starting line. I headed down to the tech inspection area to find out. Every vehicle goes through tech inspection upon arrival to verify both legality and safety. If they’re lucky they’ll go through a second time to verify a broken speed record! So how do you break a record at Bonneville? First, you’ve got to build a kick ass car and follow SCTA/BNI's rules while doing it. All sorts of different classes of cars race at Bonneville. They differ by body style, body modifications, engine size, and fuel used. Pick...

Bonneville Salt Flats Race Car: I arrived at the Salt for World Finals 2009 right as the sun peaked over the mountains.  What a beautiful sight.  I pulled up to the start line where there were race cars and bikes waiting to make their record return runs.  The first car I walked up to was this bright yellow VW Karmann Ghia owned by Larry Monreal from San Bernardino.  I asked the gentleman standing next to the car if he was Larry, and he responded that no, he was Jim, Larry's friend and driver.  As with any Bonneville Salt Flats land speed race car and team, there is always a big, long and interesting story.   No long  stories today, but I do want to share some details I learned by spending a few minutes with Jim that I hope will display what dedicated hot rodders and land speed racers these guys are. I chatted with Jim Bradshaw for like 10 minutes.  Something you'll experience when you attend a land speed event at the Salt Flats is the people.  It's almost sounding cliche attending my 4th event, but the people are the heart of this amateur...

"I wanted out of that run so bad I unhooked the harness and was driving about 125 mph sitting on top of the roll cage, steering with my feet." If you found this story at MyRideisMe.com, you already know that Bonneville International Speedway and Salt Flats Land Speed Racing have quite a history. That history is filled with amazing pioneers in hot rodding, racing, and humans just plain going fast! The previous story from the Salt Flat Racing category: Salt Flats Car Show, the Bonneville Salt Flats are seriously the mecca for hot rodders and custom car nuts. This 1929 roadster typifies; race car and family history of Salt Flat and Land Speed Racing you're sure to find with every trip to the Salt. The owner Larry Volk, together with his family of Land Speed Racers have their own Salt Flats racing history. The Volk Family was kind enough to loan me their racing scrapbook full of newspaper clippings and photos so I could scan a few to share that rich history here at MyRideisMe.com. The recent pics you see were snapped this last Saturday at a church parking...