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

1415 hrs

Some of the surface is still damp and there is a strong crosswind - running has been postponed until tomorrow. ThrustSSC has the first desert 'slot' and will roll out at 0800hrs. Accredited members of the media wishing to attend the Press Area opposite the measured mile during the runs should present themselves at Access 2 at 0730hrs.

1230 hrs

It's snowing (just a few flakes)...

1015 hrs

The white-lining is continuing on the drying playa - and will do so for the next hour after which a full track inspection will be made.

0815 hrs

The tracks are dry apart from north end which is still damp, but is drying. The white lines have been damaged by the rain. The next hour-and-a-half will be spent repainting the lines with gypsum and allowing the track to dry further - once the lines are completed a decision to run or not will be made based on the weather.

0730 hrs

The desert is drying very well - we will update this page as soon as we know the results of the track inspection.

0730 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. 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
2. The dust is really getting onto some people's chests, despite the use of dust masks

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 cold in the morning, warming up to afternoon temperatures reaching the 70s (Fahrenheit)
2. Dust storms are being kicked up on days with high winds
3. Nights are bitterly cold now - winter is coming
4. Today has started very cold with a bright sky and almost no wind

Web Site

1. Accesses are currently running around 5,163,000/week, 906,000/day

Jeremy Duck...

... is enjoying life near water - he was last seen on Braunston marina hanging out with the other ducks. If you see him, we'd appreciate it if you'd let us know where it was.

Plans

• Car
  1. 2 further runs on the Black Rock Desert are planned for today, track and weather permitting:
     1. Mach 1.015. Full afterburners. Throttling back to maintain constant speed through the measured mile.
     2. Mach 1.036. Full afterburners. Throttling back to maintain constant speed through the measured mile.
• Black Rock Desert
  1. Continue track preparations, weather permitting
• Web Site
  1. Continue reporting
  2. Load new Team 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 531mph on the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA

Mazola Excursion

Rob Hemper was asked by radio to make a phone call to the "Germanstown hub" of Hughes Network Systems and pass on a message - only he thought he was being asked to call the "Germanstown pub"...

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