Who set a new land speed record in October 1983, driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA?
Richard Noble by the University of the West of England. Noble's autobiography is titled "Thrust: The Remarkable Story of One Man's Quest for Speed". Richard Noble Richard James Anthony Noble, OBE (born 6 March 1946) is a British entrepreneur who was holder of the land speed record between 1983 and 1997. He was also the project director of ThrustSSC, the vehicle which holds the current land speed record, set at Black Rock Desert, Nevada in 1997. Noble was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and educated at Winchester College. He became a qualified pilot. In 1984 he exploited a production hiatus at Cessna aircraft
Black Rock Desert the basin, is a rugged land serrated by hundreds of mountain ranges, dried by wind and sun, with spectacular skies and scenic landscapes. The average annual precipitation "(years 1971-2000)" at Gerlach, Nevada (extreme south-west of the desert) is . The region is notable for its paleogeologic features, as an area of 19th-century Emigrant Trails to California, as a venue for rocketry, and as an alternative to the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah, for setting land speed records (Mach 1.02 in 1997). It is also the location for the annual Burning Man event. The Black Rock Desert is part of