Rapid Succession

摘要

Why do otherwise sensible folk strap themselves into insanely fast machines, aim for the horizon and then press the "fast" button? Vaughan Freeman looks at the teams striving to rewrite the record books. To support land speed record attempts, even usually shrewd and cautious firms are happy it seems to pour resources into these high-risk attempts. Record-breaking is big business. Skoda this year put their brand on the line with a land speed record attempt which was a huge success, but what if the project had failed or led to injury - or worse? Similarly, plant machinery giants JCB took the speed route to set a new record for a diesel-engined vehicle.