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ThrustSSC
1,228 km/h
Land speed record, 763 mph (Mach 1.02)
Confirmed
On 15 October 1997 Andy Green drove ThrustSSC across the Black Rock Desert in Nevada at an average of 1,227.985 km/h. It was the first car to break the sound barrier and the record still stands.