Wheel-driven land speed record
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The wheel-driven land speed record differs from the absolute land speed record in requiring that the vehicle be wheel-driven; thus, vehicles that use thrust from a jet engine or rocket are ineligible (although the use of such engines is permitted if they drive the wheels).
Until 1963, the absolute land speed record holder was always a wheel-driven car. The first jet-car to exceed the absolute record was Craig Breedlove's Spirit of America. Since then, no wheel-driven car has held the absolute record.[citation needed]
There is no "wheel-driven" category as such.[1] The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile validates records in a variety of classes, of which the "wheel-driven" classes are in Category A (Special cars) and Category B (Production cars). The accepted record is fastest average speed recorded over any one-mile or one-kilometer distance, averaged over two runs in opposite directions (to factor out wind) within one hour of each other. The most recent wheel-driven record holders have been from a variety of different classes within Category A.[2]
Since 1963, holders of the wheel-driven land speed record have been:
Date | Location | Driver | Vehicle | Power | Speed over 1 km |
Speed over 1 mile |
Notes | ||
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mph | km/h | mph | km/h | ||||||
July 17, 1964 | Lake Eyre, Australia | Donald Campbell | Bluebird CN7 | Turboshaft | — | 403.10 | 648.73 | FIA's official absolute record-holder until a change in the rules in December 1964 made jetcars eligible.[3] | |
November 12, 1965 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Bob Summers | Goldenrod | 4 Chrysler Hemi V8 engines | — | 409.277 | 658.526 | Non-supercharged piston-engine record[2] Group II, Class 11:[4] 2 or 4 stroke engine without supercharger, cylinder capacity > 8000 cm3[5] | |
August 21, 1991 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Elwin "Al" Teague | Spirit of '76 (Torque Speed-o-Motive Streamliner) | IC supercharged Chrysler hemi |
425.050 | 684.052 | 409.978 | 659.796 | Piston-engined record[2] Group I, Class 11:[4] 2 or 4 stroke engine with supercharger, cylinder capacity > 8000 cm3 until 2008[5] |
October 18, 2001 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Don Vesco | Vesco Turbinator | Turboshaft | 458.196 | 737.395 | 470.444 | 757.106 | [2] Group IX, Class 3:[4] Turbine engine, unloaded weight > 1000 kg[5] |
September 26, 2008 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Tom Burkland | Burkland 411 Streamliner | IC supercharged hemi |
— | 415.896 | 669.319 | Piston-engined record[2] Group I, Class 11:[4] 2 or 4 stroke engine with supercharger, cylinder capacity > 8000 cm3[5] | |
August 25, 2009 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Roger Schroer | Venturi Buckeye Bullet | Electric motor by Venturi Automobiles | 303.025 | 487.672 | 302.877 | 487.433 | 1st electric vehicle to go over 300 mph[6] |
August 24, 2010 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Roger Schroer | Venturi Buckeye Bullet | Electric motor by Venturi Automobiles | 307.905 | 495.526 | 307.666 | 495.140 | [6] |
September 21, 2010 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | Charles E. Nearburg | Spirit of Rett streamliner | IC General Motors V8 |
414.477 | 667.037 | 414.316 | 666.776 | Non-supercharged piston-engine record[2] Group II, Class 11:[4] |
September 17, 2012 | Bonneville Salt Flats, USA | George Poteet | Speed Demon streamliner | IC turbocharged Chevrolet Small Block [7] |
439.562 | 707.408 | 439.024 | 706.540 | Group I, Class 10[8] |
See also
References
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 (French)LISTE OFFICIELLE DES RECORDS DE VITESSE HOMOLOGUES PAR LA FIA EN CATEGORIE A - FIA
- ↑ http://landspeedevents.com/blog/poteet-and-main/
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