Hope this copies over OK, received from USAC today:
Oct 29 at 5:04 PM
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE
DE L'AUTOMOBILE
David Petrali Chief Steward FIA sanction and licenses- ACCUS-FIA/USAC LSR
Regarding the Jessi Combs media coverage, the following statement was sent to the Autoweek editor:
While, we congratulate Ms. Combs on her claimed achievement, we would note that setting an FIA World Land Speed Record involves compliance with very specific regulations, including observation by FIA officials and ultimate approval by the FIA's Land Speed Records Commission. Ms. Combs’ reported runs were not even observed by the FIA, much less approved. Therefore, no FIA World Record may be claimed to have been broken.
Furthermore, the FIA does not take note of the gender of its World Record holders. Therefore, the record category which Ms Combs was claiming to compete in does not even exist.
In addition I send the following to Ed Shadle:
Dear Ed,
I am sending this email to you because of the following items that have appeared after Jessi Combs runs at Alvord. The first is from your website, landspeed.com:
Jessi Combs completed her second test run in the North American Eagle (NAE) Supersonic Speed Challenger, posting a speed of 302.462 miles per hour this afternoon. That speed is just 6 miles per hour shy of the current FIA women’s land speed record of 308 mph set in 1965 by Lee Breedlove, wife of former land speed record holder Craig Breedlove. Combs is now poised to set a new record when she climbs back into the jet-powered NAE vehicle tomorrow on the dry lakebed at the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon.
As well as numerous other media articles about the event including:
“GPS data and telemetry is now being delivered to the FIA for certification purposes.” - appearing at -
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/12/list-host-jessi-combs-worlds-fastest-woman-four-wheels-video-exclusive/This handily surpassed the previous Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) women’s land speed record of 308 mph set back in 1965 by Lee Breedlove, wife of former world land speed record holder Craig Breedlove. - appearing at -
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/post--new-womens-land-speed-record-set?ref=bfvOn behalf of myself, the USA FIA community including ACCUS, USAC and the FIA Land Speed Records Commission I submit that while, we congratulate Ms. Combs on her claimed achievement, we would note that setting an FIA World Land Speed Record involves compliance with very specific regulations, including observation by FIA officials and ultimate approval by the FIA's Land Speed Records Commission. Ms. Combs’ reported runs were not even observed by the FIA, much less approved. Therefore, no FIA World Record may be claimed to have been broken. It should also be noted that FIA land speed records are never certified based on GPS data or telemetry.
Furthermore, the FIA does not take note of the gender of its World Record holders. Therefore, the record category which Ms Combs was claiming to compete in does not even exist.
Best regards,
Dave
DW