SA to host 1600 km/h record attempt in 2011

[Arthur]

Anyone else see this?

Bloodhound supercar scents a 1,000mph record for Britain

24 November 2009

...Construction work begins today on a car that engineers hope will break the land speed record by more than 200mph.

The car, Bloodhound, is designed to travel faster than 1,000mph (1,600km/h) — far in excess of the speed of sound and the equivalent of crossing four football pitches every second. The present record of 763mph was set in 1997 by the RAF pilot Andy Green, who will also drive Bloodhound.

The time trial is scheduled for 2011 and will take place in a desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa.

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[ponder]

There's a dude in SA that's done it already, think his name is Alfaholic

 

[SilverNodashi]

Where in S.A. are they planning on doing this? Our roads don't have enough tar for a car like that

 

[ponder]

Grootvloer (Brandvlei) in the Northern Cape probably.

 

[SilverNodashi]

oh, didn't know we have such a place