Individual results Click to enlarge Object Name: motor car land speed record Title: Thrust SSC Land Speed Record Car Creator: Date: 1997 Material: Credit Line: Object Number: RT.2001/76 Institution: Coventry Transport Museum Description: Large black rocket like car. Two large jet engines either side of a aeroplane shaped body. This vehicle is the current holder of the land speed record (as of 18/03/2002) and was the first land bourne vehicle to break the sound barrier. It achieved an average speed of 763.035mph on the 15/10/1997 at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA. It was driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green Search the collections ×