Sam Whittingham, of Quadra Island, BC, has fulfilled a more than decade long quest to break the .decimach (one tenth the speed of sound) barrier. He went a record breaking 82.33 mph at the World Human Power Speed Challenge, last week at Battle Mountain, NV. He rode a streamlined bicycle over a five mile runup, before being timed over a distance of 200 m.
Quick: slow down. Try to disengage from the world and do absolutely nothing, just for a second. Difficult, isn't it?
How would you like to share the road with this puppy?
A hydrogen fuel cell go-kart has broken the world land-speed record while giving off zero emissions.
Going Green and going fast - The world speed record for a street car was broken by an E85 Doge Viper that runs on clean burning Bio Diesel. The 1200 horsepower car rocketed from a standstill to 220.7 MPH in one mile.
