10 Things You Didn’t Know About Land Speed Racing

While Land Speed Racing (LSR) may not appear to share a lot in common with dirtbike racing, the historic sport is carried out on a surface that is more akin to clay than asphalt. Here are 10 things you might not know about LSR.

Jean Turner


7. A world-record run must be FIM sanctioned, or else it doesn’t count.

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FIM official Charlie Hennekam checks conditions prior to a world-record LSR attempt at Bonneville. It’s only a record once he says it is. PHOTO BY JEAN TURNER.
If you reach 400 mph at an SCTA event, you have the SCTA record, not the world record. The only FIM-sanctioned motorcycle speed week in the U.S. is the Mike Cook Shootout.

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