A pair of all-American Land Speed Record cars representing the past and present glory of man's never-ending pursuit of speed are headed to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) at Daytona International Speedway.Danny Thompson, son of the late Mickey Thompson (MSHFA Class of 1990), is delivering this week...

Three weeks after achieving his long-cherished goal of establishing a new piston-driven Land Speed Record at Bonneville's Salt Flats, Danny Thompson announced that he is retiring the car originally built by his father Mickey Thompson, in the 1960s and painstakingly rebuilt by Danny and his small team of craftsman to...

On Sunday morning, eight years of work culminated in a 450.909mph return run to secure a new piston-driven world land speed record. Combined with the Speed Week opening day 446.605mph pass, the new official record, which is an average of the two runs, is 448.757mph."[The pass] got a little squirrelly,"...

On the 50th anniversary of his father Mickey's original 406mph run with the car, Danny Thompson took the Challenger 2 from storage and began the extensive process of restoring, retrofitting, and updating the vehicle to complete the goal the car was unable to achieve back in 1968 – setting a...

After his attempt to break the wheel-driven land speed record ended in heartbreak in September, Danny Thompson and his team have decided to give it another try. On Friday Thompson provided an update on preparations.I'm happy to report that the upgrades and repairs to the Challenger 2 are proceeding well....

After his attempt to break the wheel-driven land speed record ended in heartbreak in September, Danny Thompson and his team have decided to give it another try."As many of you know, I had planned to retire the car after the 2016 season, regardless of the result," Thompson said. "That was...

Danny Thompson's Challenger 2 streamliner was damaged during its recent 400mph+ FIA record attempt. The team is still trying to discover exactly what went wrong. This lightly edited footage is from a Garmin Virb Ultra 30 camera mounted on the steering wheel. More info at: thompsonlsr.com.

Danny Thompson's attempt to break the wheel-driven land speed record at Mike Cook's Land Speed Shootout has come to an abrupt end.Thompson was not injured, but Challenger 2 sustained heavy damage to the rear suport and suspension components when the streamliner blew a rear tire "coming up on the mile,"...

In today's media-fueled world of hyperbole, the overuse of certain words has had the effect of rendering them somewhat redundant. "Passionate" and "obsessed" are surely near the top of the list. For "passionate collector," read someone who simply takes their hobby half-seriously.But spending five minutes with Danny Thompson is to...

Danny Thompson's goal of achieving a new Land Speed Record for piston-driven vehicles continues with Challenger 2. The car originally built by Danny's father, the late Mickey Thompson, in 1968 had been set aside but never forgotten, and was restored for a new run for the LSR on the Bonneville...