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Jessi Combs: US racing driver given female speed record in 2019 fatal crash
Source: BBC
Jessi Combs: US racing driver given female speed record in 2019 fatal crash
25 June 2020
An American racing driver has been posthumously awarded the fastest land-speed record by a female, a feat she died trying to achieve.
Jessi Combs died in a crash after attempting to break the land-speed record in the Alvord Desert, Oregon, on 27 August 2019.
Her jet-powered car clocked a record speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 km/ph).
Guinness World Records has confirmed Ms Combs, 39, was the first person to break the record in more than 40 years.
The previous record was set by American stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil, whose jet-powered, three-wheeled vehicle hit 512.7 mph in 1976 in the Alvord Desert.
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25 June 2020
An American racing driver has been posthumously awarded the fastest land-speed record by a female, a feat she died trying to achieve.
Jessi Combs died in a crash after attempting to break the land-speed record in the Alvord Desert, Oregon, on 27 August 2019.
Her jet-powered car clocked a record speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 km/ph).
Guinness World Records has confirmed Ms Combs, 39, was the first person to break the record in more than 40 years.
The previous record was set by American stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil, whose jet-powered, three-wheeled vehicle hit 512.7 mph in 1976 in the Alvord Desert.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53173707
Jessi Combs died during the record-breaking run in 2019 (Getty Image)