Imagine going 125 mph in an old ass v12 race car and then seeing a modern day _sedan_ v6 going 140.

Disallowed because of no reverse gear...Didn't know parallel parking was part of achieving the record.

I helped to push Thrust SSC into the transport museum here in Coventry back in 1998.....tiny amounts of sand from the Black Rock desert were still falling into the floor !

Imagine being in a car accident at 600+ mph and surviving, damn.

In the early '80s, I was driving across the Bonneville Salt Flats with my family when we saw a gigantic car on a trailer with support tents around them. It was Thrust 2, and we stopped and I met Richard Noble. He was a great guy, and gave me a signed poster. I wish I still had that!

wow, blue paint does make cars go faster

It appears that a vacation to England would make it possible to view a lot of of these record-breakers.

"partially decapitated the driver" oh.

You know you are fast when the camera guy cant keep up even from half a mile away.

Lol, who names a car "The Green Monster" but then paints it red?

In 1984 I delivered the Thrust 2 on the back of a Layland Roadtrain to a hanger at RAF Binbrook to have it's engine re-tuned. I also took the opportunity to have a sit in the car, and later met it's driver, a former RAF officer Richard Noble.

Great memories. Thanks for putting this together. I am 70 YO and its great to be reminded of the things I saw on the news in the 60s 70s

They're all in Jay Leno"s garage.

I was a land speed record holder on a motorcycle. These men are more than record holders they are pioneers and real MEN. Thank You for a great video.

I saw Thrust SSC on it's trailer in Reno right after it broke the sound barrier. Talk about dust blasted.

I feel very lucky to have worked on the J47, J79, RR Avon, and the RR Spey, among others. The LSR cars of the 1920s are the most fascinating to me.

I guess stickers do increase horse power after all. Very impressive.

I just realized that the car I drive to work can outrun the fastest car in the world in 1920.

I've been in the transport museum in Coventry and I've seen the Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC. Just seeing the cars stationary is a thrill!

Mickey Thompson broke 400 mph in the Challenger 1 in 1960. The car had 4 Supercharged Pontiac V8 engines.

I had the honour of making a scale model of Thrust SSC as a working rocket model for Richard Noble's son to give to him. Richard kindly sent me a signed copy of his book as thanks. I met Richard in Southend too and saw the car. So awesome to be near such a vehicle and people so skilled. Nice memories.

Sure wish everyone could make videos of this quality Great information Great footage Great narration Well done sir Well done

Around 1970 I was working ar Hurn airport (near Beaulieu) when Art Arfons made an attempt on the 0 to 300mph acceleration record, so Green Monster was rebuilt after its crash. It was one of the most spectacular things I have ever seen. The police made some cars that had parked outside the airfield but behind the car move away. When Arfons turned on the afterburner, it became clear why!

It's kind of wild that old land speed record cars actually beat out military aviation in regards to speed.

ThrustSSC still looks amazing

The Beast of Turin is even earlier than the Sunbeam. And is still around

You may have noticed Beaulieu coming up a lot in this video - having visited Beaulieu a couple of years ago I can recommend it! Seeing all the LSR holders is worth the entrance fee, but there is so much more to it. If you are a petrolhead visiting the UK I'd recommend making plans to visit the New Forest and take in Beaulieu as part of that.

I was in the Gerlach high school library when Thrust SSC broke the sound barrier. It shook the decorative bezels from the fire sprinklers out of the ceiling, onto the floor. I feel like I got to see a very special moment in time.

I guess we aren't allowed to talk about the Auto Union cars anymore.

Certainly The Cleanest Historic Timeline Overview ever produced. The world is clueless to the engineering genius developed and implemented into these massive and astonishing machines.

The Thrust 2 from 1983 has to be the design basis Anton Furst used to create the 89 Batmobile. I have never seen credit given, though.

It’s amazing to me how many great achievements of humans have been lost due to fire

I love how the answer to break the record always was a second engine

Definitely one of the best and most enjoyable videos I've ever seen on this platform. Keep up the great work.

The bloodhound is being built at my school and the amount of work and engineering and science that goes into it is incredible. Makes u appreciate how amazing this sort of thing is.

I remember years ago when the car show in GB was held at Earls Court and a friend and I made a last minute decision to go along. As it turned out, a bit too 'last minute' because it was all over by the time we got there. A security guard said that virtually all the exhibits had already packed up and gone but if we wanted to, the Thrust 2 was still there if we wanted to have a look, they didn't even charge us to go in. We were both blown away at the Thrust 2! You have no idea how massive it is until you actually stand alongside it. A truly awesome car and I am so grateful to that security guard for letting us in!

The Spirit of America wasn't the first of the jet powered cars. The Flying Caduceus of Dr. Ostich was on the salt in a 1960 or 1961. It topped out short of the record. I think it reached about 350 mph. It is in the National Museum in Reno, NV.

Thanks so much! Amazing effort to compile this!

I live a stonesthrow from the thrust 2 and thrust ssc. I love popping in to see them. Feel very lucky to be so close to the two record holders.

Thanks for putting that together, ever since the 60's when I was a child I was interested in the land speed record vehicles and a fan of Craig Breedlove, Art Arfons and Gary Gabelich in the blue flame. I followed the pollution packer in the 70's and was anticipating the land speed version of their hydrogen peroxide rocket car that put on exhibitions at drag racing events (which I had seen run), the land speed car was speculated to have a chance of breaking the 1000 mph mark until the driver Dave Anderson was killed in the dragster when his chutes failed during a run. I saw that car exceed 300 mph on an 1/8 mi. drag strip.

I managed a shave over 90mph on Pendine Sands in a rented Focus, it was mid winter and it would’ve been rude not to have a play whilst the beach was empty and I had a car that I didn’t have to worry about salt water ingress in 😀

Fascinating tour of automotive history. Great video. Thank you..

Very interesting stuff! I remember back in the 1960s when Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove were in competition for the LSR. I guess the current speed record is the last, as no one seems to be making any attempt to try and beat it.

Golden Arrows should have been a thing in F1 , would be the ultimate rivalry for Mercedes lol.

I certainly hope the Bloodhound succeeds! It would be an AMAZING addition to this list!

Art Arfons had an intense gaze that just screamed "speeeeeed!"

Went in blind on this video.. Randomly suggested video by youtube.. Loved it. Great video!

A beautiful video. All the information you need, not too much, plenty of appropriate footage, calm music. Lovely.

You could have just said, "hey all of them are in England, the end."

Very good exposition of the history of the record - most informative and thankfully, excess free!

This video met my needs sufficiently

The fastest I have driven my car on a public road was 168 miles per hour. I can't imagine going 700 + mph on a dry lake bed. Awesome video !

These guys got to be nuts to go flying along the ground with wheels down at 700 MPH - - - but you've Still got to give them Credit ! 🏆

Absolutely awesome video thank you so much 👍🏻

You did a very nice job helping people find and see these historic vehicles. However, for The Blue Flame you gave the incorrect speed for the absolute land sped record. The absolute land speed record was the kilometer speed 0f 630.388 miles per hour (1,014.656 kilometers per hour). The 622.407 miles per hour was the record speed for the mile distance, set simultaneously. The initial publicity for The Blue Flame gave out the mile record in error - and that mistake has continued, unfortunately. Also, the car was the first to set the record over 1,000 kilometers per hour - as seen on the exhibit photo at Sinsheim. Thank you.

Being from Akron Ohio I saw art arfons run his first green monsters out at akron drag strip in the late 50;s and 60's . He had allison v 12 cylinder stromin thru that 1/4 mi so fast the brakes wouldn't stop once and he ran it over the end of the strip . No injury to him or little to the car as I can remember. From Akron he went on over the usa drag towns and finally into Bonneville. I saw his cars being built at arfons mill out off of pickel road. I was about 14 when the green monster ran the drags.He was a true speed pioneer and a credit to all drag and land speed lovers Great time to have been a teenager and see the chev vs ford fight it out on the strip

Outstanding video Truly enjoyed it

What a superb video, hoping to get to beaulieu later this year, last went as a child. Looks like I need to call in on Coventry on the way now!

A fantastic video of the historical cars and the people that chase the world records for speed

Living 5 minutes from beaulieu during my childhood I’ve had the pleasure to see most of the cars at the museum there, every time I saw them I was still amazed!

Well researched and has made a very interesting video,thank you.

Lived in Utah 1963-67 the paper would have pages dedicated to the speed record attempts everything from stock cars to Art Arfons jet powered cars .

I got to see the Spirit of America Sonic 1 at a custom car show at a local shopping center back in the late '70s. The show included the Pink Panther mobile, Batmobile, the Pie Wagon and a few other customs of those days.

Just wanna say that this is a really well made video my guy, loved every second

Born in Coventry and live in California. My last trip home, I went to the museum and it is well worth the visit. Good history of motorcycles and vehicles.

Absolutely Phenomenal, the efforts to obtain speed is so amazing, it seems, no sacrifice, was to great, for these men

The Arfonz brothers were crazy, they built a number of drag and LSR cars starting in the 50's, most called "Green monster" as they got a really good deal on a lot of green paint at one time. There's a nice documentary on them with a lot of interviews. Back in the 60's were great times to be into all sorts of motorsport.

Another brilliant channel, up there with Mark Felton and his military documentaris and Drachinfelmwith Naval content. Got to add that it’s a misnomer in many senses to categorise later record vehicles as cars. Where a vehicle is blown along by jet or rocket thrust and not propelled by it’s wheels it ceases to be considered along with vehicles that broke these records the hard way. These thrust vehicles are less cars but more like a powered sled or wingless aircraft! Marvellous engineering and the bravery of the pilots notwithstanding, the achievement cannot be compared with a car whose wheels provide the final motive power. There’s no mention here of the magnificent restoration of the Napier-Railton which between 1933 and 1937, broke 47 world speed records at Brooklands, Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry and Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. This superb polished silver beast is in full running order and on show to this day and although nothing can run on the old banked circuit in full, it is brought out and fired up regularly, it’s W12 engine is something to experience. Check out Brooklands’ website, (www.brooklandsmuseum.com) though who knows when we’ll be going to these places again, already so many events throughout the world have been called off due to Bat Flu. The magnificent Brooklands Museum Trust put on shows throughout the year and the aero and motor themed events are always well worth attending as well as all the various permanent halls and displays, including Concorde and many airliners as well as motor vehicles and bikes (pedal and motor) from every era, many do not realise that it was the first ever motor racing circuit in the world. Likewise Goodwood is a must for any lover of such things, also an airfield as well as racing circuit and stately home. www.goodwood.com What a pity that George Eyeston’s Thunderbolt was destroyed by fire, that should be on show in England. Incidentally, the car as shown in this video is the early iteration, after breaking the record Eyeston who designed and engineered his cars, constantly evolved and improved them. He replaced the transverse leaf spring suspension with coils and shocks, jettisoned the radiator, saving weight and space for the cooling and used a tank of melting ice thereby making the car more compact and streamlined, he removed the massive tail fin and blanked off and rounded the nose to improve aerodynamics.the original weight was reduced from a massive 7 tons to 6 tons. The special enormous gearbox, which is sadly lost to the world, contributed one ton of that mass. The power to weight ration of this saving made this wonderful beast omnipotent. The fire, which destroyed aircraft and other vehicles was exacerbated by the thousands of bales of wool which were stored in the warehouse and covered up most of the other contents, what a cruel fate? Luckily it’s two massive Rolls Rolls ‘R’ (as used in the Supermarine S.6B which was a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell and the inspiration for his Spitfire of WW2) engines are still on show.

what a great video. lost track of all time while watching. tyvm for that.

I went to Beaulieu to see the Bluebird (and friends). It's a really nice place, recommended if anyone has the ability and time to go.

Brilliant video I am glad this came up in my recommended. Subscribed.

we must be getting close to the limit of whats possible since the records take longer to break each time, only one car made it over mach speed and is still holding the record 22 years later. lets hope bloodhound makes it!

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Incredible that the early cars went so fast with elliptical wheels. Imagine what the could have done with round wheels!

I met Andy green many many moons ago... Basically the story lies that I became so obsessed with the land speed record at a young age (age 6?) That I would insist that every day I would trip out to the Coventry car museum in hope that I would one day meet Andy green. So that day came, and a staff member rushed us out to meet Andy and I got a signed poster but was too scared to go anywhere near him but got a picture with him and the thrust SSC XD

Wonderful to watch and enjoyed, thanks for the Post..

I am surprised Jay Leno doesn't have them.

Very good thanks, those early challengers with no safety helmets? However a safety helmet would not have saved them. I do think the wheel drive challengers deserve respect for overcoming so many engineering problems. Craig Bredlove deserves respect for his transformation of the speed record, as do Noble and Green, they all deserve respect for their pursuit in pushing the boundaries. No longer can you build it in your shed at the bottom of the Garden. Hope the UK can once again extend the record. Thanks again for this fascinating resume.

Thank you so much for this video. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I look forward to watching more of your work. P.S. I found this video purely by chance, but am now subscribed to your channel.

really good effort x everyone and the upload is pretty good too...

It's hard to believe Andy Green broke the sound barrier 12 years ago, and no one has broken his record yet.

Great work

I lived in Pendine for a year in Wales and went to that museum a few times.

I was in a more than a few 2 man cars, in the 1980's. They were incredibly fast. I wish I could watch the runs I was in.

What happened about Micky Thomson and the Challenger with four Pontiac engines and breaking the land speed record at 401 miles per hour in 1960?

For anyone that has the time and money i would really suggest going to goodwood festival of speed and revival

i remember growing up and having a toy version of the Thrust2 and my most prized possession was a poster of land speed records up to the Thrust2

EXCELLENT. I HAVE SOME GREAT BOOKS ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A THRILL TO SEE THEM ON THE MOVE. But I'm still confused over the Blue Bird models.

There is a Tesco and an M&S replacing brooklands race track. As Tesco would say: Every little helps.

14:41 craig breedlove was my great uncle

adding: I enjoyed this vid a lot! Thank you

The CN7.. Oh so beautiful!

That was great. I did not realize that those high speeds were achieved. And the times and years so long ago Great stuff

But.. the Green Monster was Red....? Great vid, very informative and interesting 👍

great vid nice one, as a biker I would love to see a land speed record video for motorbikes.

In the early '60s, Mickey Thompson went 406.06 mph one way, but had to back off the return run so couldn't match that within the required percentage for a 2 way average. So, no record, but still not too bad for a home built car based on chalk marks on the garage floor. Don't forget Dr Nathan Ostich and his Flying Caduceus and Athol Graham and his City of Salt Lake, A bit later (1967), the Summers Brothers Goldenrod pushed the wheel driven speed a little higher to 409.277 (2 way average, so official record). As a youngster growing up in the "60s, reading about all of this, along with USAC and F1 and NASCAR was enough to keep me occupied to the extent that my parents often did not have to go looking for me. I was in my room reading Hot Rod, Car Craft, etc, etc. Thank you for this reminder of the history of the LSR.

I have a super original name for a racing car. I'll call it "Blue Bird".

Basically normal everyday cars in gta these days

I remember seeing the Railton Mobil Special on static display as a 4 year old kid at Salt Lake City. It seemed alien to anything I'd ever seen and much bigger than the family car. The Mobile flying horse painted on it caught my eye. Thrust SSC broke the record where they hold Burning Man. Bruno's restaurant and bar in Gerlach, Nevada have a bunch of pictures of it on the wall.

There is one of the world's fastest diesel trucks in my hometown. It was known as Phoenix. Ran by robert slagle (who sadly died in 98) then ran by carl heap who retired it shortly after