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Jessi Combs
Just over a year after the North American Eagle land-speed racing team lost one of its two co-drivers, Ed Shadle, and vowed to continue his quest to set a land-speed record, its other co-driver, television personality and racer Jessi Combs, has died in a high-speed crash at the Alvord Desert in Oregon. The crash took place Tuesday afternoon as the team conducted what was described as a test session on the desert. The test session was the team’s first since last year, when Combs ran the North American Eagle to 483.227 MPH, but a piece of debris damaged the turbine. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/0...attempt-crash/ Last edited by Lee Stewart; 08-28-2019 at 07:17 PM. |
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Just saw that...she was fearless when it came to speed! She was so much more then what people thought of her. She died doing what she loved I guess.
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An all around great human being with one hell of a personality. She brought a lot to our hobby and will be sorely missed. RIP Jessi
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OMG.....this is very sad news.
RIP Jessi Dan
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wow
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Holy cow...sad~!
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that sucks!
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Very sad. The girl had guts, that's for sure. R.I.P.
It will be interesting to see if they can determine the cause. I am certainly no expert but I've always wondered about the stability of a plane-turned-car in these applications. Seems like the turbulence coming up off the ground is something it was never really designed for. Did I read correctly that they had thoughts of going for the land speed record of 763 in that?
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So sad. I loved her on overhaulin. She had balls!
Buddy RIP JESSI
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