Bloodhound land speed record bid delayed until 2017

Source: BBC News

The British-led bid to break the world land speed record has been put back again, to 2017. The Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car was supposed to go racing later this year, to try to raise the current mark of 763mph (1,228km/h) to over 800mph. But the project does not yet have the funds needed to run the vehicle on its specially prepared track in South Africa.

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