Bloodhound Supersonic Car is a unique rocket and jet powered vehicle designed to achieve 1,000mph. This ultimate racing car will be capable of travelling 1.6km (that's one mile) in just 3.6 seconds (of four-and-a-half GAA football pitches in 1 second. That is significantly faster than a bullet from a .357 Magnum.
Show Director Bob Montgomery says the Bloodhound SSC is an amazing vehicle and 'we are literally seeing history in the making'. "When you think that this vehicle is going to reach speeds of up to 1,000 miles per hour, it really sparks the imagination."
The car itself weighs in at just over 7.5 tonnes and is nearly 14m long. Its jet and rocket-powered engines produce more than 135,000 horsepower pushing it to an incredible 1,000mph (1,609km/h) which is more or less the same horsepower as 180 Formula 1 cars!
There will be a Bloodhound SSC simulator at the show where visitors will get a taste of what it is like to drive at speeds never before achieved on land. Team members will be on hand to discuss the project with visitors and guide them through what is involved with a World Land Speed Record attempt of this scale.
Richard Noble, project director and former world land speed record holder, will join his team at the Classic Car Show on Sunday 2 March.
The car for the record attempt, currently being built in a special Technical Centre near Bristol, will head to South Africa in the summer of 2015 for test runs (which will break the sound barrier), before returning a year later for the attempt.
The RIAC National Classic Car Show takes place in the RDS in Dublin on 1 and 2 March 2014.
