Century‑long pursuit of speed: archive reveals land‑speed legends

The FIA is digitising over two million documents on the history of land‑speed records, revealing hand‑written notes and correspondence that trace the sport’s dangerous, high‑stakes evolution. Meanwhile, Andy Green’s JCB Hydromax hydrogen car set a 406.320 mph FIA land‑speed record at Bonneville, continuing a lineage that began with pioneers like Jenatzy and Campbell and later included jet/rocket eras led by Breedlove and Arfons—demonstrating a century of daring, innovation and rivalry in the quest for ever greater speeds.