« Reply #50 on: November 16, 2019, 05:45:10 PM »
628mph video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKvdcjSufZ8"The team says the 628mph speed concludes the high-speed trials and it will now return to England.
Only six vehicles in the history of the land speed record have previously driven beyond 600mph. The six vehicles to have also raced above 600mph are Sonic 1, Blue Flame, Thrust2, Budweiser Rocket, Sonic Arrow, and Thrust SSC. Only Budweiser Rocket and Thrust SSC went beyond 700mph (1,126km/h)."I thought Art Arfons Green Monster went over 600mph and he crashed at that speed. Is that correct?
From wikipedia:
In 1966, Arfons returned once again to Bonneville, but reached an average speed of only 554.017 mph (891.604 km/h).[citation needed] On run number seven[citation needed] at 8:03 a.m. on November 17,[citation needed] Arfons crashed his vehicle travelling 610 mph (982 km/h)[citation needed] when a wheel bearing seized.
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