The Bloodhound LSR on Sunday set a top speed of 1,010km/h at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape, just next to the Namibian border
. This follows weeks of incremental speed testing during time which the team and its pilot, Andy Green, slowly got to grips with both the jet-powered car and 20km desert test track upon which it was built to run.
"With all the data generated by reaching 628mph , we’re in a great position to focus on setting a new world land speed record in the next year or so."
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