Not really wanting to continue beating a dead horse to death, I am compelled to share my notice of a change in the 2014 FIA International Sporting Code, effective January 1, 2014.
Article 20 – Definitions
Page 74
Outright World Land Speed Record: A record recognized by the FIA as the best flying start Mile result with an Automobile, not taking the class category or group of the car into account.
Not the kilometer?
This is curious, considering the mile is only used in the United Kingdom and the United States; except for the auto racing powerhouses of Am. Samoa, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guam, Myanmar, The N. Mariana Islands, Samoa, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, St. Helena, St. Kitts & Nevis, the Turks & Caicos Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In the 2013 FIA International Sporting Code, effective January 1, 2013 it currently states:
Chapter II – Nomenclature and Definitions
Page 20
37bis. Outright world land speed record
A record recognised by the FIA as the best flying start result obtained with a vehicle, not taking the class category or group of the car into account.
It had always been the fastest World Record (typically flying start kilometer OR mile) would be the Outright World Land Speed Record.
The MILE?
Really?