Race car driver Jessi Combs, who earned the title of the 'fastest woman on four wheels' after she set a record with a jet-powered car, has died. She crashed the vehicle, officials said, while trying to beat a land speed record. She was 39.
Race car driver Jessi Combs, who earned the title of the"fastest woman on four wheels" after she set a record with a jet-powered car, has died. She crashed the vehicle, officials said, while trying to beat a land speed record.
Combs died Tuesday in Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon, the Harney County Sheriff's Office said. She was 39. "She was a brilliant & to[p]-notch builder, engineer, driver, fabricator, and science communicator, & strove everyday to encourage others by her prodigious example," said Adam Savage, former co-host of the TV show"Mythbusters." Combs appeared in multiple episodes of the show, while host Kari Byron was on maternity leave.
— Adam Savage August 28, 2019 Combs became the fastest woman on four wheels in 2013 at the North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger, when she set a record of 398 mph. Read MoreIn October, Combs set a new top speed of 483.2 mph in a shakedown run. On Tuesday, she was attempting to go faster when she crashed.
— Valerie Thompson August 28, 2019 "It's with a heavy heart that I pass along the news that Jessi Combs passed away yesterday while attempting to break a land speed record," she wrote."I also had the chance to attempt this record but it wasn't my turn... this hits home for me. Godspeed, Jessi Combs."
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