Greenbird

Why are the Brits obsessed with land speed racing?

See PunchBuggy Passim.

1000 mph on land

The Times has the story on this Brit land speed record attempt.

Previous here, here and here.

Mirage in the desert

Land speed fever does strange things to a man. See PunchBuggy Passim.

Tall order

These guys are hoping to beat the world land speed record.

Dizzy Addicott

I'm watching the History Channel about Alcock and Brown flying the Atlantic. Captioned on-screen is Dizzy Addicott, test pilot. I thought I haven't heard that name for some time - not a name you are likely to forget.
Visions of a Lotus 15 with a 3½ litre Buick motor come to mind, a front-engined sports-racer painted yellow if I remember rightly. Described as "a pretty exciting car with 350 bhp and weak brakes." Goodwood mid-sixties.
He drove a Lotus Elite in the Tourist Trophy at Goodwood in 1962 and won at the 1963 Boxing Day Brands meeting in an Elva-Alfa Romeo sports car, built in Sussex. He also raced an Elva 100-DKW in Formula Junior and a DKW 800s in saloon car racing.
Dizzy also announced plans to go after Craig Breedlove's 407mph land speed record in the 60's, using a vehicle based on a Swift fighter. The project was stillborn.
Addicott was also in at the start of the mini special trade with the DART which spawned the mini-marcos and the mini-jem.
A quick check on the web and I learn that Dizzy died in a car accident a short while ago. They don't make them like that anymore.

Buckeye Bullet

Sister website SCOOT got a big hello from Pete Miller at the Buckeye Bullet Program. Wazzat you may say? Check it out here.
The Buckeye Bullet holds the all-time electric car speed of 321 MPH, the U.S. Land Speed Record at 315 MPH, and the International Electric Land Speed Record at 271 MPH.
The car is powered by batteries that provide power to an electic motor.
There are links to podcasts and the Buckeye Bullet Blog.