The Thrust SSC is not competing in races right now. However, the public can witness the record-breaking car in Coventry, England, at the Coventry Transport Museum, where it is on display.

With RAF Wing Commander Andy Green at the helm, the Thrust SSC not only broke the land-speed record, but it also became the first car (well, sort of car) to ever break the sound barrier.

The Thrust SSC car that set the world speed record at the time was driven by Andy Green, presently involved in the Bloodhound project. Instead, Bloodhound LSR will go for 500 mph (804 kph) in 13 ...

Supercars are getting faster and faster, but few have managed to crack the 300-mph barrier. But why? Can't they just crank up the horsepower? Not quite.

Ron Ayers, the man behind the world's fastest car, the Thrust SSC, passed away at the age of 92. His vehicle was designed to hit supersonic speeds and break records, and it did just that in 1997 ...

Because the front of the car was so narrow, the Thrust SSC was steered by two wheels in its rear. Since 1997, no other team has come close to the Thrust SSC's speed — Noble and Green have re-teamed ...

Whereas Thrust SSC was about going supersonic, though, Bloodhound SSC is about encouraging kids to get into science - it's an education project whose main purpose is to entice students to be the ...

(Thrust SSC went supersonic for just over a second on its record-breaking run in 1997, triggering two almost simultaneous sonic booms.) The science says it can be done.

Thrust SSC was a supersonic car in that it crossed the sound barrier and was supersonic for a matter of seconds. But with BLOODHOUND, the target speed is 1,000mph - mach 1.4.

The monopropellant rocket is expected to equip the vehicle with an extra 60 kN of thrust, which the team hopes will take it past the 763 mph (1,228 km/h) achieved by the Thrust SSC in 1997.

Jaguar has revealed their Bloodhound SSC F-Type R support vehicle, a special rapid-response vehicle for their upcoming rocket car land speed record run.