Depends what you mean:
Road Car: 275mph (Koeniggsegg Agera R)
Road Motorcycle: 300mph (Dodge Tomahawk)
The current absolute record holder is ThrustSSC, a twin turbofan-powered car which achieved 763 miles per hour (1,228 km/h) for the mile (1.6 km), breaking the sound barrier.
763.035 MPH (1227.99 KmH) by Andy Green of Great Britain on October 15, 1997 at Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada in the USA. The same team are wanting to beat this record and exceed 1000mph but the date hasn't been fully set but is some time around 2010. Bloodhound SS
It can be done with lasers or with GPS.
GPS can measure distance and time, using atomic clocks on satellites.
They can also use laser switches. When the car goes through a laser beam, it triggers a clock to start. When the car cuts through another laser beam a mile away, the clock stops.
As of 2021, the land speed record is 763.035 mph (1,227.986 km/h) set by the ThrustSSC in 1997. This record-breaking achievement occurred in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
Thrust SCC achieving a land speed record of 228 km/h or 763 mph. It is the first car to break the sound barrier (speed of sound)
The current ultimate land speed record was set in 1997 at 763 mph.
The current ultimate land speed record was set in 1997 at 763 mph.
The current ultimate land speed record was set in 1997 at 763 mph.
Land Speed Record - album - was created on 1981-08-15.
Wheel-driven land speed record was created in 1964.
== Usain Bolt holds the current land speed record. He is the fastest man alive. == Andy Green - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Green
The speed of a vehicle
Alexander Winton set the first land speed record in auto racing in Daytona Beach in 1903. His speed was 68.18 mph.
96 mph
He broke the land speed record
1999
The current unlimited land speed record of 763 mph set by Thrust SSC was set in the Black Rock Desert, USA.