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Land Speed/Sound Barrier broken 10/15/97


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Breaking the sound barrier on land

 

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Thrust SSC

 

It has been said that the first car race probably took place the first time two cars pulled up beside each other. And ever since then, there has been competition to see who could go the fastest.


In the fall of 1997, two teams, one from Great Britain and the other from southern California, traveled to Nevada and gathered at the Black Rock Desert. Surrounded by the media and hundreds of devoted race fans, they took turns doing the best they could.
One team came fully prepared. After thousands of hours of hard work, they met their goals.

The other team tried but had problems, and has since sold the car to another American team that hopes to bring the record back to the United States.

But for now, and for the foreseeable future, there is no doubt whatsoever as to who has the fastest car in the world, and the fastest car in history.

 

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