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This list only presents the single greatest speed achieved in each broad record category; for more information on records under variations of test conditions, see the specific article for each record category. As with many world records, there may be some dispute over the criteria for a record-setting event, the authority of the organization ...
Out of the initial production run of 30 cars, 5 were named the Super Sport World Record Edition, which had the same electronic limiter as the other 25 – but turned off. Pierre-Henri Raphanel drove the unlimited Super Sport World Record Edition to a 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) two-way average, verified by Guinness World Records.
A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.
Automotive superlatives include attributes such as the smallest, largest, fastest, lightest, best-selling, and so on. This list (except for the firsts section) is limited to automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately. The list is also limited to production road cars that:
At 65,589 feet, Apt beat all previous records speed records, reaching Mach 3 (2,094 miles per hour). He was the fastest flying man alive and would hold the record until 1961, when the X-15 reached ...
Dorothy Levitt, in a 19 kW (26 hp) Napier, at Brooklands, England, in 1908. The FIA does not recognize separate men's and women's land speed records, because the records are set using motorized vehicles, and not muscle-powered vehicles, so the gender of the driver does not matter; however, unofficial women's records have long been claimed, seemingly starting with Dorothy Levitt's 1906 record ...
Rudolf Caracciola's record of 432.7 km/h (268.9 mph) over the flying kilometre on 28 January 1938, remained the fastest ever officially timed speed on a public road until broken on 5 November 2017 by Koenigsegg in an Agera RS driven by Niklas Lilja, achieving 447.2 km/h (277.9 mph) on a closed highway in Nevada.It also was the fastest speed ever recorded in Germany until Rico Anthes bested it ...
Angels' Ben Joyce comes 0.3 mph short of fastest pitch ever recorded. Jack Baer. September 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM ... Joyce came 0.3 mph shy of throwing the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history. Only ...