Women’s land speed mark falls
NZPA Fields (Oregon) Kitty O’Neill, a 28-year-old Hollywood stunt driver who has been deaf since birth, has smashed the women’s land speed record, Agence France Press reported. Driving the S.M.I. Motivator, a 48,000 h.p. jetpropelled three wheeler, she hurtled across the Alvord Desert near Fields at 516.81 km/h (320 m.p.h.), beating the time of 495.88 km/h (310 m.p.h.) set by Lee Breedlove in 1965. The young Californian then made an astounding run at 843.667 km/h (530 m.p.h.) — but since she did not cover the measured course in both directions, as the rules specify, that record must remain unofficial.
Gary Gabelich, of the United States, set the world record for any type of machine across iand when he clocked 1001.767 km/h (620 m.p.h.) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, in 1970.
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