The Evolution of Land Speed Records

Landspeed records are way of hand. Today we’re looking at mankind’s journey to reach 1000 miles per hour in a car.

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[jortz]

"Have I broken the record?" are such badass last words lmao.

[dangalow]

I have apparently been living under a rock. I had no clue the Jessi Combs had passed away during a land speed run. I had a huge crush on her back in the early 2000's. I watched her on myth busters, overhaul'n and xtreme 4x4. She was very talented and seemed as though she could build/accomplish anything. R.I.P. Jessi.

[flameburstgt]

The Trust SSC will always be my favourite land speed record car because it introduced me to 3 things
1. land speed record racing events
2. jet powered cars
3. the first car to break the speed of sound
The car was so iconic that there were pictures of it on my Physics book when we learned about speed

[throttleblipsntwistedgrips]

Rip Jessi, thank you for everything you did with Mythbusters and Overhaulin'.

[ltgalan]

My grandpa was a driver and mechanic for Art Arfons. He worked on The Green Monster and a lot of Art's jet car projects, later passing away racing the Jetvette. I had no idea how instrumental The Green Monster had been in pushing the land speed record competition. Thanks for the great video!

[bruhnt]

Day 669 of asking Donut to bring old B2B back

[nancyharvey]

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure, It's built on fraustration. it's built on fear that you have to overcome. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

[MrHappy]

Just wanna point out, it wasn't Karl Benz himself, who took the car for a spin. It was his wife. She was the one who believed in his innovation. So happy woman's Day.

[feaster]

Mindforce goes so hard, love the shirt.

[ishaanghost]

6:17
Imagine being a crab just chilling and a car blows past taking your house with it.

[TheOneWayDown]

My respect for Nolan has multiplied ten times with that Mindforce shirt

Fantastic music taste Nolan, and your taste in cars is alright too lol

[timbaumann]

would you guys mind translating the freedom units to metric (atleast in a small text at the bottom of the screen) for us europeans?
PS.: love your videos

[walrus]

Thrust 2 and thrust ssc are in Coventry motor museum uk. My dad has sat in thrust 2 when he was a kid

[marshy]

This always fascinated me. People spend a crap ton of money to build these cars, not to win races and money and fame, but to be Flash. This is great.

[LiveLearnProjects]

I'm building a boat that uses the same J34 jet engine that holds the current all time water speed record. Planning on breaking the pontoon speed record this summer. It's been fun and so is the history behind those times! Nice video!

[withertheth]

love that you guys are going back to this style of informatic videos

[joshgonzalez]

I really love these history style videos. Makes you appreciate where we're at with cars now. Also RIP Jessi Combs a true legend 🫡

[UncleKennysPlace]

I grew up during the "speed wars" between Art Arfons (whom I knew) and Craig Breedlove (whose car was sponsored by the company for which my father worked.) Those were good times all around.

[Project-Air]

Me: How many of my all-time heroes you fit in one video?
Donut: Yes.

[toohip]

Hitting over 140 sounds so easy, but it's a huge thing.

Having no aero, I hit 140 and realized I lost massive amounts of traction, and I was actually encountering lift.

Those that are pushing anything beyond that mark are amazing, but they're legit risking their lives. So massive props.