land speed racing

Given how rare Sunbeam Tigers are nowadays, we were delighted to come across such a pristine looking example at a recent Cars & Coffee event near Cincinnati, Ohio—and were downright […]

The face of Craig Breedlove is firmly chiseled into the Mt. Rushmore of Land Speed Racing. Born in 1937, Breedlove got bit by the speed bug early and was storming […]

Mickey Thompson was a lot of things: a racer, car builder, inventor, organizer, and promoter. And it’s fair to say that, without his influence, the automotive performance world would likely […]

Thought land speed record runs only took place in Bonneville, Utah, or perhaps some other remote spot on the opposite side of the globe? Nope. If you live in the […]

With a certified two-way average of 282.9 miles per hour, the SSC Tuatara is now the world’s fastest production car. The speed runs occurred January 17, 2020 at the Johnny […]

Jessi Combs, a popular automotive TV personality, racer, and car builder died this week in a crash while attempting a new land-speed record in Oregon. Combs was 39. The record […]

The world’s fastest land-speed racers are back at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats for the 2019 edition of Bonneville Speed Week. As they usually do, our friends at BangShift made the […]

(Image/BangShift) Wait. Challenger? That thing got a HEMI in it? Actually, it has two. And those two 500-cubic-inch V8s powered Danny Thompson’s Challenger 2 streamliner to a new 406.7 miles-per-hour […]

If you’ve ever wanted to try land speed racing, there may never be a better time. ECTA (East Coast Timing Association) has announced plans for its first-ever half mile meet, July […]