Speed+records

=Speed= 13 years ago Andy Green was the first person to reach mach 1 (the speed of sound) in the ground vehicle ThrustSSC. It was jet- powered from two enormous Rolls Royce jet engines placed on the side. Capable of 1027km/h or about 763mph it was the most powerful car ever made. The cockpit is placed in the middle and entered from either front or rear through a roof hatch. This is a video of the TrustSSc driving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYEtQGLzvkI&feature=related The boom is actually a sonic boom.

In 2008 the same team desided to break their own record and they constructed the BLOODHOUND SSC (SSC means SuperSonicCar)