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Mickey Thompson Twin-Tempest
Two-cylinders. One 2-71 GMC roots blower. A single Hilborn fuel injector. One magneto. Some nitromethane, and a dynamometer. The resulting 257-horsepower engine shown here was created by taking an...
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Racing Heroes – Craig Breedlove
Craig Breedlove, with the original Spirit of America. Photo courtesy NHRA Museum. For those coming of age in the 1960s or 1970s, the name Craig Breedlove is indelibly linked to the quest to be the...
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Racing Heroes – Betty Skelton
Ask most casual fans of racing to name the pioneering women of motorsports, and the answers will generally include Denise McCluggage, Lyn St. James and Janet Guthrie. While it’s true that these women...
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“From 300 to 550 (MPH) is boring.” Remembering the Thrust2 on its 30th...
The Thrust2 at Bonneville. Still image from video below. On October 4, 1983, Richard Noble climbed into the cockpit of the Thrust2 land speed record car on a desolate stretch of dry lake bed in...
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This day in history: Art Arfons sets his third land speed record at Bonneville
Art Arfons and the Green Monster. Still image from video below. Say the name Craig Breedlove and most with a passion for speed will be quick to point out that he’s a multiple-time land speed record...
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Racing Heroes – Camille Jenatzy
Camille Jenatzy, with his wife, driving La Jamais Contente in a victory parade. Land-speed record racing was not exclusively a 20th century phenomenon. At the close of the 19th century, the quest for...
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After a 100-year slumber, the Beast of Turin comes to life
The Beast of Turin comes to life. Photos courtesy Stefan Marjoram. In the early days of motor racing, there really was no replacement for displacement. Going faster meant constructing ever larger...
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Bloodhound SSC land speed record team announces November speed trial
An artist’s rendering of the Bloodhound SSC at speed. Photo courtesy Flock and Siemens. If all goes as planned, the Bloodhound SSC, driven by RAF fighter pilot Andy Green, will smash the existing land...
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