2006-09-23 00:26:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
If he did, do you think he'll claim the record?
2006-09-23 06:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by ALAN Q 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think he broke the land speed record, i can't find any information on the fastest crash but if he was going 300 then it's probably safe to assume he has had the fastest car crash ever.
land speed record is : October 15, 1997 Black Rock Desert, USA Andy Green Thrust he's British, see : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5370394.stm
this says : "Driving at up to 300mph, as Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was when he crashed, is more like piloting a jet fighter than handling a car, says Andy Green, holder of the world land speed record.
Exactly a month ago today, Wing Commander Andy Green was flinging himself across the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, USA, at speeds more typically associated with flying than driving.
Strapped, as he says, "between two enormous diesel engines which are directly bolted to the chassis which I'm also strapped to," he touched 328mph - breaking the existing diesel land speed record by almost 100mph. The following day he set a further record speed of 350mph. "
"Green had already claimed an even more revered crown - that of the fastest man on Earth. In 1997, the RAF pilot clocked 766mph in a jet-powered car, breaking the sound barrier and the world record. "
and as , steve b said : Donald Campbell was killed at over 300mph in Bluebird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Campbell so he's not the fastest crash, but maybe the fastest who survived?
2006-09-23 00:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by elf 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
. . . possibly and apparently he's being considered for a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's fastest Hamster . . .
2006-09-23 00:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by Astra 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Albiet in a boat, Donald Campbell was killed at over 300mph in Bluebird
2006-09-23 00:38:08 · answer #4 · answered by ben 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was pretty fast ,but i do not think it was
an officially record ed speed
Latest ;
He is out of intensive care and talking to friends and relatives !!
I do hope he makes a full and speedy recovery .
>^..^>
2006-09-23 00:38:50 · answer #5 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He certainly made it into the world's most stupid crash top ten. Pity it wasn't Clarkson at the wheel.
2006-09-23 00:35:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No offence, but like that is something to be proud of,
he is not an experienced race car or rally car driver and shouldn't have been doing that ..
2006-09-23 00:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, if you consider it as a crash as opposed to an accident
2006-09-23 00:31:30 · answer #8 · answered by Swoosh 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes i've heard that too i mean i don't think i've heard of anyone else ever driving at almost 300 mph before
2006-09-23 00:29:31 · answer #9 · answered by missree 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes I think it is
2006-09-23 04:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋