Fastest speed for a car driven blindfolded

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The fastest speed for a car driven blindfolded was 292.89 km/h (182.03 mi/h), achieved by Metin Senturk (Turkey), president of the World Handicapped Foundation, in a Ferrari F430 at Urfa airport, Urfa, Turkey, on 31 March 2010. Metin Senturk is a popular Turkish folk singer, who has had no vision in both of his eyes since the age of three. On one of the practise runs, Mr Senturk also reached a top speed of 303.62 km/h (188.7 mi/h). The airport runway measured at 4,000 m Continue reading →

Fastest speed driving in reverse

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The record attempt was set up and filmed for the ITV motoring programme Pulling Power. The Caterham 7 Fireblade is powered by a 900 cc Honda motorcycle engine with built-in gearbox. Because most motorcycles don’t have reverse gears, the drivetrain on this car is configured to allow all six forward gears to become reverse gears, allowing theoretical reverse speeds of up to 200 km/h (125 mph).

Fastest speed for a snowboard towed by a vehicle

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The fastest speed on a towed snowboard was 61 mph (98.17 km/h) by Jason Buchanan towed by Leon Maya (both USA) at Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, on 30 April 2011. Buchanan was towed by snowmobile. The speed was registered by California state highway patrolmen Adam Guddat and Merril Sept, who each had registered and calibrated radar guns at the start and finish lines of the 100 m course.

Fastest speed for a race horse

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The highest race speed recorded over two furlongs is 70.76 km/h (43.97 mph) and was achieved by Winning Brew trained by Francis Vitale (United States), at the Penn National Race Course, Grantville, Pennsylvania, United States, on 14 May 2008. Winning Brew covered the quarter-mile (402 m, 2 furlongs) in 20.57 sec. She is a 2 year old filly thoroughbred. The record for 1½ miles (2,414 m) is 60.86 km/h (37.82 mph) by 3-year-old Hawkster at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California, USA on 14 October 1989 Continue reading →

Fastest speed for a surfboard towed by a car

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The fastest speed achieved on a surfboard while being towed by a car is 78.26 km/h (48.62 mph) by Layne Beachley (Australia), who was towed by Ewen Page and Shane Jacobson (Top Gear Australia) at Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith, NSW, Australia, on 21 March 2011. Layne is a 7 times world champion surfer. Speed was measured with the Lowrance Endura Sierra Handheld GPS.

Fastest speed for an airship

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The highest speed officially measured for an airship, according to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), is 112 km/h (69.6 mph), by Steve Fossett (USA) flying a Zeppelin Luftshifftechnik LZ N07-100 airship on 27 October 2004 over Friedrichshafen, Germany. The large rigid airships built by the USA and Germany in the 1920s and 30s could reach higher speeds (up to 140 km/h or 87 mph according to some sources), but these were never officially measured to FAI standards.

Fastest speed for a towed skateboard

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The fastest speed on a towed skateboard was 125.6 km/h (78.1 mph), and was achieved by Lane Segerstrom (USA) at Kenneth Copeland Ministries Airport in Newark, Texas, USA on 6 December 2010. Lane was pulled behind a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. Amanda Mochan adjudicated.

Fastest speed in a non-spacecraft aircraft

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The greatest speed ever reached by a manned aircraft that is not a spacecraft is 7,270 km/h (4,520 mph) (Mach 6.7) by USAF Major William J. Knight in the experimental North American Aviation X-15A-2 on 3 October 1967 over the Mojave Desert, California, USA. It was released from its NB-52 mother plane at 10,600 m (35,000 ft) and set an unofficial absolute human speed record which stood unbroken until exceeded by the Space Shuttle. The X-15A-2 was encased in a full scale pink ablative coat Continue reading →