Land Speed Record News

This week in motor sport, from the database June 1 // June 2 // June 3 // June 4 // June 5 // June 6 // June 7 June 1 1947 Former McLaren Formula 1 team principal Ron…

Bloodhound land speed record to take place in South African desert after major funding breakthrough The Bloodhound SSC land speed record will go ahead towards the end of 2019 after…

Land speed record-breaking attempts don't come around often, which makes Bloodhound SSC's attempt all the more impressive, says Andrew Frankel We stood five deep at the edges of Newquay airport’s runway. On…

Alonso enters 2018 endurance one-off, Nissan launches major programme, IndyCar and NASCAR teams announce line-ups and more in the Weekly Debrief Kvyat released by Toro Rosso Daniil Kvyat will not…

The Bloodhound SSC project isn't the only current land speed record team with 1,000mph in its sights, Australian Rosco McGlashan's Aussie Invader 5R is racing the Brits to the milestone.…

Joe Dunn looks ahead to the new issue of Motor Sport, in UK stores now About halfway through our ‘Lunch with’ Jacques Villeneuve in this month’s Motor Sport, the 1997 world…

A snippet of Guy Martin's record attempt in his own words, only in the new issue of Motor Sport Last month Guy Martin was sat in a 1000bhp Triumph on…

I was five when Gary Gabelich broke the Land Speed Record in October 1970 and, I guess for that very reason, it was a very big deal. I don’t think…

The Guy Martin and Triumph motorcycle land speed record attempt scheduled for this week has been put back a month, with the team choosing to wait for "optimal conditions" in September. …

The podcast has now been recorded and will be released on August 24. Simon Taylor will be joining the podcast team to talk about his life in motor sport, his 'Lunch…

Guy Martin and Triumph Motorcycles are to team up for a new motorcycle world land speed record attempt on August 23-24, aiming to break the current record of 376.383mph on the Bonneville salt flats…

On the A303 in Somerset there are quite a few hills. Some are pretty big, which helped my 1992 Fiat Panda cover an entire mile in 48 seconds. Quite impressive,…

The passing of Lord Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu of Beaulieu on August 31 made me think for the first time in many years about the National Motor Museum he founded back in…

Niki Lauda is of the opinion that a 1000bhp-plus Formula 1 car (on durable slicks, nice and wide and big and fat) would resonate with a disillusioned public. He’s probably…

Paris, at shortly after 8 a.m., and the promise of a fine, bright day. The car which was promised had not shown up, so, as the Major and I were…

The day before heading to the Bristol-based launch of Bloodhound SSC’s cockpit the ‘phone rings in the office. “Hi Ed,” says PR man Jules Tipler, “we’re thinking of doing something…

If the BBC was to make a situation comedy based on the activities of Mr Richard Noble it would surely be called Absolutely Fantastic, or 'Ab Fan'. In Noble's world…