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The ''Vampire'' was a jet-propelled car that currently holds the outright British land speed record, driven by Colin Fallows to a mean speed of on July 5, 2000 at Elvington, Yorkshire, England.〔(''The Times'', September 21, 2006. See )〕 Vampire was long and consumed from 7 to 10 UK gallons of fuel per mile. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Orpheus turbojet engine, it could accelerate from standstill to in six seconds, a personal best set at Santa Pod Raceway. Vampire was originally constructed by Allan 'Bootsie' Herridge, a pioneer British drag racer, as one of a pair of identical match-race jet dragsters in 1981.〔(Allan Herridge in the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame )〕 The sister car "Hellbender" was involved in a crash in 1986 in which Mark Woodley, an experienced dragster driver, was killed.〔(''The Sunday Times'', September 24, 2006. See )〕 Vampire crashed in 2006 during shooting of a segment for the television show ''Top Gear'', severely injuring its driver, ''Top Gear'' presenter Richard Hammond. Hammond's peak speed was higher than the official British land speed record, recording a top speed of .〔(BBC Top Gear website (RealPlayer video). )〕 However, he did not officially break the British record as, according to the rules, two runs in different directions and an independent observer are required. Hammond crashed on his seventh run. Jeremy Clarkson joked that Hammond would have created the record for the fastest crash but would have needed to repeat the crash in the opposite direction.〔("Top Gear Season 9 Episode 1 at 58:00", January 28, 2007 )〕 In December 2007, the damaged vehicle went up for sale as scrap on eBay UK. ==External links== * (Thule: British Land Speed Record ) * (Bluebird Electric: Vampire jet-powered dragster ) * (Jalopnik: Hammond Vampire Jet-Car for Sale on EBay ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vampire (car)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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