Bowsher designed the car with rear-wheel steering instead, proving the concept with a specially modified Mini. Thrust SSC was difficult to control, something Ayers attributes both to the rear ...

A follow-up to the Thrust 2, the jet-power car that broke the land speed record in 1983, the SSC looked more like a wingless jet fighter than a car. Yes, it had four wheels, but they were hidden ...

The Spirit of America's design was significantly different from the Thrust SSC, with traditional front-wheel steering and a single jet engine rather than dual units like the British car.

who drove the Thrust SSC to set its world record. "The car tended to pull—because of the way it was constructed with the staggered rear wheels—tended to pull hard left at around 600 miles per ...

For starters, the car moves around a lot at such high speeds. “The wheels are now skimming across ... You can read more about that project on the Thrust SSC website, which itself is a time ...

Thrust SSC was a supersonic car in that it crossed the sound barrier ... The car will also sport solid titanium wheels with twin 'keels': "That was fundamentally an aerodynamic design decision ...

But, taking a car like the Thrust SSC to speeds above 700 mph isn't a simple as holding the steering wheel straight and mashing the throttle. No, there's finesse and precision involved to break ...

Besides Andy Green, the driver, the Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car) also shares the same project director, Richard Noble, and chief aerodynamicist, Ron Ayers, as the Thrust SSC that holds the ...

The current record holder Thrust SSC was piloted by RAF Wing Commander ... another parachute is deployed Below 250 mph: Wheel brakes are applied and the car comes to a standstill.

That title currently belongs to the Thrust SSC, which in 1997 became the first ... However, these are single-seater, open-wheel cars. What about closed-wheel racers, or production cars?

The current record holder Thrust SSC was piloted by RAF Wing Commander ... another parachute is deployed Below 250 mph: Wheel brakes are applied and the car comes to a standstill.