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As Britain’s 1,000mph bid lies dormant, our columnist explores the history of record-breaking, and asks whether such exploits matter anymore

× A BARNSLEY man who pioneered a rocket-powered car’s path to breaking the 800mph barrier believes £8m is needed to achieve the land speed record - otherwise the long-running project will fold. Ian Warhurst - the former managing director of Barugh Green-based company Melett - rescued The Bloodhound Project after it fell into administration following unsuccessful attempts to raise investments to keep the project going. The car, now known as Bloodhound Land Speed Record, is powered by a Rolls-Royce jet engine and Nammo rocket and is aiming to break the ...

BBC News Published image copyrightGARRY JONES image captionThe arrow-shaped racer reached 628mph (1,010km/h) on the lakebed of Hakskeen Pan, South Africa, in late 2019 The bloodhound land speed racer has been stored in a museum while the search to find a further £8m investment begins. Fundraising is for a motor to break the world record of 763mph (1,228km/h). The Bristol car's owner, Ian Warhurst, has handed the project over to the group's head of engineering Stuart Edmondson, who said he was "confident" it would leave the museum one day. Coventry Museum said it was "thrilled" to support th...

- shares The well established Bloodhound LSR project – which has been attempting to break the land speed record since 2008 – is set to be sold, according to company owner and CEO Ian Warhurst. In an official statement, Mr Warhurst said: “When I committed to take the car high speed testing in 2019, I allocated enough funding to achieve this goal on the basis that alternative funding would then allow us to continue to the record attempts. “Along with many other things, the global pandemic wrecked this opportunity in 2020 which has left the project unfunded and delayed by a further 12 mo...

Here’s Why The Land Speed Record Might Never Be Broken Autoweek 2/3/2021 Mike Duff © Bloodhound project The car that could actually do it is being put up for sale, its owner says he“can’t take it any further.” The Land Speed Record car Bloodhound’s fate has been an on again, off again thing for several years. Now the most-recent owner, Ian Warhurst, tells Autoweek he, too, is throwing in the towel. We don’t see any other cars capable of the Land Speed Record capable out there, so the record might stand at 763 mph. The Land Speed Record has moved steadily upw...