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08-28-2019, 02:14 PM #1
Jessi Combs Killed in Land-Speed Record Crash
Sad to hear this.....beautiful girl who could twirl a wrench as any wheel better than MOST GUYS!
Jessi Combs—vehicle builder, racer, fabricator, TV personality, and all-around automotive legend—was killed on Tuesday in a crash while attempting to break her own land-speed record in southeast Oregon. She was 36.
Link and a great vid there too..
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...-record-crash/
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08-28-2019, 02:41 PM #2
Use to watch her on that 4 wheel drive show IIRC. Rest in peace.
I actually donated a little bit of money to the people who built that "car", a long time ago. It's made from a F104 Starfighter. I was actually wondering, last week, what ever happened to those people who were building it and if it ever ran.
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08-28-2019, 04:20 PM #3Screaming And Flying!
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Liked her on the show. Calm, cool, humble and very pretty.....A shame really, so young. But, you don't get to choose when it's your time..
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08-28-2019, 04:32 PM #4
Too young, sad loss she was cool. RIP and my condolences to her friends and family
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08-28-2019, 05:29 PM #5
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08-28-2019, 05:43 PM #6Supporting Vendor
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Pretty lady , RIP
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08-28-2019, 05:55 PM #7
We all know how it is... in your head "there's a 1% chance this might kill me"; in reality it's probably more like 50/50.
Last edited by David - WI; 08-29-2019 at 08:03 AM.
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08-28-2019, 06:10 PM #8
Pushing the envelope does not always come out good ,at 500 mph yikes
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08-28-2019, 07:30 PM #9
Well, she sure made it faster than 99% of us will ever dream of going. Terrible price though
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08-28-2019, 09:07 PM #10
First saw her with Ian on "Extreme 4x4", then more Myth busters, but never knew she was Speed record jet cars? And didn't know we left coast HAVE a dry lake course in Oregon?
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Didn't know this, and south me, East side the high desert state.
Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon.
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08-28-2019, 09:13 PM #11
Damn!.. kid making the news BIG time..headline on Fox just now. Shes "Nation Wide"
Some more..
Combs had indicated on Instagram just prior to her death that she was aiming to reach a speed of 619 mph. The current women’s land-speed world record of 512 mph was set in 1976 by Kitty O’Neil in a rocket-powered three-wheeled SM1 Motivator.
“Jessi’s most notable dream was to become the fastest woman on Earth, a dream she had been chasing since 2012,” her family’s statement read. “Combs was one of the rare dreamers with the bravery to turn those possibilities into reality, and she left this earth driving faster than any other woman in history.”
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08-29-2019, 05:14 AM #12I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
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08-29-2019, 12:40 PM #13Screaming And Flying!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ZFY8IRd6A
Thought this was a nice tribute to her.
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08-29-2019, 12:44 PM #14
She was A+ definitely full of life. More than most people ever accomplish. RIP
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08-29-2019, 12:54 PM #15Screaming And Flying!
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Sad t o read this. Looked like an amazing person, someone who definitely lived life, not just letting it go by...
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