Because the people in the speed record business don't like to give up easily, Breedlove took the Sonic I for another spin shortly after, running at 600.601 mph (966.573 kph), and becoming the ...

The British land and water speed record pioneer Sir Henry Segrave, after setting a two-way average record of 98.8mph in his Rolls-Royce-powered Miss England II, was trying to raise the record ...

In 2020, they managed a new land speed record of 470.015 mph. The Speed Demon team held the title of World’s Fastest Piston Engine/Wheel Driven car at 481.576 mph. Sadly, Poteet died in July ...

Kenworth Semi Built to Break Land-Speed Records Is the Coolest Way to Go 140 MPH At nearly 30 feet long with a 1,500-hp Caterpillar engine behind the cab, The Prospector looks otherwordly even ...

Since 2010, the land speed record for a motorcycle officially clocked in at 376.363 miles per hour. That decimal is important because, at these speeds, the record is won and lost in the margins.

Bugatti has just scored the land-speed record for a production open-top car with its Mistral roadster, which was clocked going 282 mph earlier this month at Germany's ATP Automotive Testing ...

On January 12, 1904, Henry Ford drove the 999 across a frozen Lake St. Clair in New Baltimore, reaching an average speed of 91.37 mph, breaking the prior land-speed record of 84.73 mph.

Since 2010, the land speed record for a motorcycle officially clocked in at 376.363 miles per hour. That decimal is important because, at these speeds, the record is won and lost in the margins.