Los Angeles, CA -- The Petersen Museum will honor the life of the woman who died in an Aug. 27 crash while attempting to set another land-speed record. Jessi Combs: Life at Full Speed opens Sunday (Sept. 22) and runs through Wednesday, Sept. 25.Photo: Petersen MuseumBorn in the Black Hills...

Jessi Combs was killed on Tuesday when her jet-powered land speed car crashed on the Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon.Combs was attempting to break her own land speed record on the dry lake bed when the accident happened. She had previously set the four-wheeled women’s land speed record at the...