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

0910 hrs

Spirit of America have advised that they will not run again today.

0900 hrs

Spirit of America has made its first run of the day. No speed is known as yet.

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 highest speed through the measured mile to date of 728mph on Thursday 25th September 1997
2. Subject to confirmation by the FIA, ThrustSSC set a new Unlimited World Land Speed Record of 714.144mph on Thursday 25th September 1997
3. 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

The current status of track preparations is:

	Key: Green - Lined and Fodded Light Green - Lined Red - Used Yellow - Fodded

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 high 80s (Fahrenheit).
2. Today has bright with a light breeze and a clear sky

Web Site

1. Accesses are currently running around 5,215,000/week, 1,138,000/day

Jeremy Duck...

... is still missing. Benjamin Bunny is very upset as he'd like to meet the famous Duck. (Thanks, Phil - that'll be 2 beers - Jeremy)

Plans

• Car
  1. Today is be an engineering day
  2. No date for the next runs has been set yet
• Black Rock Desert
  1. Continue track preparations
• Web Site
  1. Move the News pages from Newbury to Boston
  2. Continue reporting
  3. Load new Team pages
  4. 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 391mph on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
3. The team plan to run again today

Mazola Excursion

Eddie Elsom and Mike Hearn set off in a hire car - but didn't notice that they'd driven through a 'Fecher' fence and were trailing a length of rope and half-a-dozen Fecher track markers in use as fence posts. Not even when one of the markers overtook them...

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