Great events always have a brilliant story behind them, and Thrust 2 is certainly no different. Richard Noble and his team began building the car on the Isle of Wight in 1979 with a budget of £175.

A Royal Air Force jet engineer from Lincolnshire bought a car in the early 1980s. After just five years on the road, he parked it and never drove it again. He passed away last year, and his daughter ...

An entrepreneur is celebrating the anniversary of a land speed record he broke in Nevada 40 years ago. Richard Noble was behind the wheel of Thrust 2 as it averaged 633mph (1018.7km/h) in the Black ...

When driver Andy Green fires the rocket, he tells Steve Cropley, the car will generate 25,000lb ft of thrust ...

The Land Speed Record was broken by Mr Noble aboard the powerful Thrust 2 machine 37 years ago after clocking speeds of more than 633mph. The record was beaten some 14 years later by Britain's Andy ...

The 30th anniversary of a new land speed record has been celebrated at the home of the car which secured the title. Driver Richard Noble attended the anniversary celebrations held at Coventry ...