FIA, FIM attempt historic world land speed records

The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the Federation de Motocyclisme (FIM) have attempted to set new, historic world land speed records.

According to the two organizations, the said attempts — which took place in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia — could break both the world land speed records for wheel-driven cars and motorcycles.

Jim Knapp took on the challenge to break the land speed record on four wheels while Jamie Robinson pushed the envelope and hoped to break the motorcycle land speed record.

The former is a Californian who has been chasing various class records for the last half century and made his first pass at Bonneville in 2002 in a rusty pick-up truck.

Knapp has earned the National Dry Lakes Champion title in 2006.

The latter, on the other hand, is a veteran speedking who has set three ultimate land speed records on two wheels for event sponsor Mike Akatiff’s TOP 1 Oil Ack Attack team.

Robinson set a 551.678-kilometer-per-hour record at the Bonneville Salt Flats back in 2006.

The attempt was made last week per the FIA and FIM.

No announcement has been made by the organization to confirm if the previous land speed records for cars and motorcycles have been broken.

Photos from the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile

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