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Land speed record attempts on the Black Rock Desert
The Black Rock Desert has been the site of several land speed records.  As of May, 2013, the world land speed record title is held by Andy Green in his 1997 run.
 
== Land Speed Record ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record Land Speed Record] (Wikipedia)
* [http://www.speedace.info/land_speed_record_story.htm Land Speed Record Story] (Speedace)
* [http://www.peterrenn.clara.net/l.s.r.html Land Speed Record] (Peterrenn)
* [http://www.dlra.org.au/history-lsr.htm History of the LSR] (dira.org)


== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==


4 October 1983, Richard Noble, Thrust2, 633.468mph
4 October 1983, Richard Noble, Thrust2, 633.468 mph


25 September 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 714.144mph
25 September 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 714.144 mph


15 October 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 763.035mph (Mach 1.016)
15 October 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 763.035 mph (Mach 1.016)


== North American Eagle ==


* http://www.landspeed.com/blackrock.html North American Eagle World Landspeed Challenger
== Thrust2 ==


[http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=loiEXfuz2UQ&rel=1&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/loiEXfuz2UQ/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJfJ5mWZhlk5ZaBINRFHXvp North American Eagle 10/16/2007 trial run video (low quality)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust2 Thrust2 Wikipedia Entry]
 
* John Ackroyd, "[http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2.php Just For The Record: Thrust2]," CHW Roles & Associates, 1984. [http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2-plate2.php Thrust2 Black Rock Images]
== Spirit of America ==
* [http://www.empowernetwork.com/henri100/thrust-2-land-speed-record-holder-for-almost-4-years/ Empowernetwork Thrust 2 page]
 
* [http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gallery/searchResults.do?search.type=intermediate&search.withinKeywords=&search.withinResults=&search.keywords=Thrust%202&filter=f26  BBC Motion Gallery - Search Results "Thrust 2"]
* http://www.chron.com/class/cars/timspell/archive/120306.html  Craig Breedlove 5-time world land-speed record holder blasts into motorsports history By TIM SPELL, CRAIG Breedlove sat down to talk with me about future plans and his historical land-speed-record runs. It was November of 1997, Spirit of America
* Derrel S. Fulwider, "[http://humboldtmuseum.org/humboldt-historian/product/27-from-resource-management-to-people-management-reflections-of-a-federal-land-manager From Resource Management to People Management: Reflections of a Federal Land Manager]," p 4, Winter-Spring 1986, The Humboldt Historian.  Discussion about the May 11, 1983 public permit hearings in Gerlach and Reno.  Map that shows the land speed record site.
 
== Steve Fossett ==
 
[http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/FALLON01/802010341/1030/FALLON February 1, 2008 Reno Gazette Journal: Female driver sought for land speed record]


== Thrust SSC ==
== Thrust SSC ==


* http://www.thrustssc.com/ (www.thrustssc.com) -- Thrust SSC
* [http://www.thrustssc.com/ Thrustssc.com]
** [http://www.thrustssc.com/Latest_News/Issue_176_Lead_Article.html Issue 176 Lead_Article]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrustSSC Thrust SSC] (Wikipedia)
* [http://freespace.virgin.net/john.coppinger/thrustss.htm Thrust SSC Photo-Diary] (John Coppinger)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwh7Hlk6q1I The Final Run 66 - Cockpit View] (YouTube)
* [http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/13/land.speed.record/ Jet-powered car breaks sound barrier twice] (CNN)
** [http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/13/land.speed.record/speed.20.mov CNN Video] (Dead link)


* http://www.thrustssc.com/Latest_News/Issue_176_Lead_Article.html (www.thrustssc.com/Latest_News/Issue_176_Lead_Article.html)
== North American Eagle ==


* http://freespace.virgin.net/john.coppinger/thrustss.htm freespace.virgin.net/john.coppinger/thrustss.htm
* [http://www.landspeed.com/blackrock.html North American Eagle World Lands Speed Challenger]
* [http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=loiEXfuz2UQ&rel=1&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/loiEXfuz2UQ/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJfJ5mWZhlk5ZaBINRFHXvp North American Eagle 10/16/2007 trial run video (low quality)] (Dead link)


* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwh7Hlk6q1I The Final Run 66 - Cockpit View
== Spirit of America ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_America Spirit of America] (Wikipedia)
* Tim Spell, "[http://www.chron.com/class/cars/timspell/archive/120306.html  Craig Breedlove 5-time world land-speed record holder blasts into motorsports history]," (Dead link)
* San Francisco Chronicle, "[http://www.sfgate.com/cars/article/World-s-fastest-car-is-sold-Breedlove-says-2482284.php World's fastest car is sold, Breedlove says / Look for the Spirit of America to assault the land speed record]," December 31, 2006.  The car was sold to Steve Fossett.


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== Land Speed Record 10th Anniversary ==
* http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,176037.shtml (Dead link)
* Reno Gazette Journal, "[http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=J7&Date=20071015&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=710150804&Ref=PH Land Speed Record 10th Anniversary]," October 15, 2007. Includes photos.


* http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/13/land.speed.record/ (www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/13/land.speed.record/) Jet-powered car breaks sound barrier twice
== Steve Fossett ==
 
October 13, 1997
 
* http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/13/land.speed.record/speed.20.mov (www.cnn.com/TECH/9710/13/land.speed.record/speed.20.mov)
 
GERLACH, Nevada (CNN) - A British jet-powered car broke the sound barrier on land twice on Monday, officials said, making it the fastest object to have ever moved on wheels.
 
On the first run, the Thrust SuperSonic car roared across Nevada's Black Rock Desert at 764.168 mph, or 1.007 percent above the speed of sound, according to the official timekeepers.
 
The car, driven by British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, left a muffled boom in its wake as it raced across the desert in clouds of dust.
 
Green, 35, achieved the milestone on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, by American test pilot Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947.
 
The sound barrier, which varies according to altitude and temperature, is currently 755 mph on the Black Rock Desert. Green set the previous world speed record for a car on September 25 when he took Thrust up to 714 miles per hour.
 
On Sunday, the "Spirit of America" team led by Craig Breedlove made a test run of 517 miles per hour following a 531 mph run on Saturday. It's not clear what's next, if anything, for the Americans.
 
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* [http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gallery/searchResults.do?search.type=intermediate&search.withinKeywords=&search.withinResults=&search.keywords=Thrust%202&filter=f26  BBC Motion Gallery - Search Results "Thrust 2"]
 
== Thrust2 ===
Held the land speed record from 1983 to 1997.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust2 Thrust2 Wikipedia Entry]
* John Ackroyd, "[http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2.php Just For The Record: Thrust2]," CHW Roles & Associates, 1984. [http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/ackroyd/thrust2-plate2.php Thrust2 Black Rock Images]
* [http://www.empowernetwork.com/henri100/thrust-2-land-speed-record-holder-for-almost-4-years/ |Empowernetwork Thurst 2 page]
 
== Links ==
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record
 
* http://www.speedace.info/land_speed_record_story.htm www.speedace.info/land_speed_record_story.htm


* http://www.peterrenn.clara.net/l.s.r.html www.peterrenn.clara.net/l.s.r.html
* CNN, "[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/fossett.missing/index.html Search continues for aviation adventurer Steve Fossett]," September 4, 2007. Maj. Cynthia S. Ryan is quoted as stating that Fossett was looking for land speed record sites, though the Wikipedia article refutes that, though there is no citation.
* Reno Gazette Journal, "[http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/FALLON01/802010341/1030/FALLON Female driver sought for land speed record]," February 1, 2008. (Dead link)
* The Spectator, Hamilton, ON., "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/1421390261.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+31%2C+2008&author=&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Supersonic+woman+sought%3B+%27Right+stuff%27+includes+compact+size&pqatl=google Supersonic woman sought; 'Right stuff' includes compact size]," January 31, 2008


* http://www.dlra.org.au/history-lsr.htm www.dlra.org.au/history-lsr.htm
== Bloodhound ==


* http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/on-the-hunt-2011-01-28 Bloodhound team pins land-speed record hopes on Northern Cape’s Hakskeen Pan ... The current land-speed record was set in Nevada, in the US, in the Black Rock desert, so why not go back there? Tipler says that it isn’t flat enough anymore.
* Engineering News, South Africa, [http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/on-the-hunt-2011-01-28 Bloodhound team pins land-speed record hopes on Northern Cape’s Hakskeen Pan]," January 28, 2011. "The current land-speed record was set in Nevada, in the US, in the Black Rock desert, so why not go back there? Tipler says that it isn’t flat enough anymore."

Latest revision as of 18:19, 18 May 2013

The Black Rock Desert has been the site of several land speed records. As of May, 2013, the world land speed record title is held by Andy Green in his 1997 run.

Land Speed Record

Chronology

4 October 1983, Richard Noble, Thrust2, 633.468 mph

25 September 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 714.144 mph

15 October 1997, Andy Green, ThrustSSC, 763.035 mph (Mach 1.016)


Thrust2

Thrust SSC

North American Eagle

Spirit of America

Land Speed Record 10th Anniversary

Steve Fossett

Bloodhound

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