From : Steven Bauwens <Steven.Bauwens@UGent.be>

Sent : Wednesday, May 5, 2004 11:57 AM

To : markpeeters07@hotmail.com

Fastest Land Car Speed

The one-mile (1.609-km) land speed record is 1,227.985 km/h (763.055 mph), set

by Andy Green in Thrust SSC in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, on October

15, 1997. Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car) completed its record-breaking run in a

matter of seconds, but was the culmination of six years of work and a six-week

on-site campaign. Two and a half years of research went into the shape of the

Thrust SSC, and building the most powerful car ever took a further two years

and 100,000 man-hours.