UK readers please note: the Black Rock Desert is on Pacific Daylight Time, 8 hours behind British Summer Time.

0800 hrs Monday 22nd

ThrustSSC will be rolled out at 1100hrs for two more runs. Media wishing access to the Press Area opposite the measured mile should present themselves at Access 2 at 1000hrs.

1800 hrs

Residual engineering items took longer to complete than expected, and a minor hydraulic leak has caused further delays - with the two runs scheduled no longer possible in the time available, they have been postponed until tomorrow. Details of timings will be posted here as soon as they are available.

1345 hrs

ThrustSSC will run again at 1600hrs.

1000 hrs

Spirit of America has made a second run today - mile average was 374mph.

The first run was 348mph (please note that this is unoffical).

0900 hrs

Spirit of America has made another run. Speed as yet unknown.

0800 hrs

The ThrustSSC Team are on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, for the head-to-head race against the Spirit of America Team to set the first ever supersonic World Land Speed Record.

Microplex Web Cameras

The very latest status of the car and team on the Black Rock Desert can be seen through the live pictures from our Microplex Web Cameras.

Individual Status Reports

Car

1. ThrustSSC has reached a peak speed to date of 624mph on Friday 12th September 1997
2. The car is on the desert being prepared for the next runs of the Black Rock Campaign

Team

1. The ThrustSSC Team are settled into life in Gerlach and on the Black Rock Desert

Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA

1. The desert is dry for some 15 miles and the 13-mile course is good
2. 20 tracks have been surveyed
3. Tracks 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 have been used
4. Track 3 has been used from Mile 0 to Mile 12, and has been lined and fodded from Mile 12 to Mile 13
5. Track 5 has been used from Mile 0 to Mile 7, and has been lined and fodded from Mile 7 to Mile 13
6. Tracks 6 and 20 have been lined and fodded from Mile 0 to Mile 13
7. Track 19 has been fodded from Mile 0 to Mile 13 but needs lining
8. Tracks 1 and 2 have been lined from Mile 10 to Mile 12.5
9. Track 18 has been lined from Mile 9 to Mile 12.5

Weather

1. The weather is generally cool a light breeze. Occasional dust storms are being kicked up by higher winds. Afternoon temperatures can reach the 80s (Fahrenheit).
2. Today has started with a nip in the air and clear skies

Web Site

1. Accesses are currently running around 2,274,000/week, 500,000/day

Jeremy Duck...

... has gone walkabout.

Plans

• Car
  1. Yesterdays hydraulic problem is being rectified
  2. Depending on engineering, ThrustSSC may run again this afternoon
• Black Rock Desert
  1. Continue track preparations, runs permitting
• Web Site
  1. Continue reporting
  2. Load new Team pages
  3. Load the 'Story to date' pages

Please check our Runs Database for the very latest information on the progress of ThrustSSC - the database is always updated as soon as possible after the car runs - and always before any report is written and published.

(Please note: any details published on this Web Site about the status, speeds and plans of the Spirit of America Team are not official. Official details are available on the Spirit of America Team's Web Site at http://www.spiritofamerica.com

The Spirit of America Team are on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, for the head-to-head race against the ThrustSSC Team to set the first ever supersonic World Land Speed Record.

1. Spirit of America has reached a peak speed to date of 675mph on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, during the October 1996 record attempt
2. Spirit of America has reached a 1997 peak speed to date of 381mph on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
3. The team plan to run their car again today

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