On 25 September 1997 in Thrust SSC he beat the previous record in the Black Rock Desert, US, reaching a speed of 714.144 miles per hour (1,149.303 km/h).
Ka October 15, 1997, se kgabaganya sekaka sa Black Rock, Nevada, kwa U.S.A., se ne sa fitlhelela lobelo lwa dikilometara di le 1228 ka ura