Yet NASCAR’s roots lie in two very different places: In Prohibition-era moonshine running in the South, and in Florida’s brief history as a coveted land-speed record locale. Today, we’ll ...

The NASCAR series we know today is far removed from its record-setting, moonshine-running roots. Here's how we got there.

Segrave had previously set a land speed record in 1927, only for it to be broken by two others in 1928. Determined to reclaim his title, Segrave drove the Golden Arrow at a top speed of 231.446 mph, ...

American Airlines Flight 5342 — Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ-700 twin-engine jet ... at an altitude of about 400 feet and a speed of about 140 mph when it rapidly lost altitude over the Potomac ...

(Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) A wildfire in the rugged hills near the U.S.-Mexico border exploded to several thousand acres Friday, charring land near Lower Otay Reservoir ...

and a speed of about 140 mph (225 kph) when it rapidly lost altitude over the Potomac, according to data from its radio transponder. The Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ-700 twin-engine jet ...

Before NASA’s Apollo missions showed, the astounding Spirit of America: Sonic I Land Speed Record car was the out-of-this-world story right here on Planet Earth. Now the record-breaking machine is ...

Cincinnati Zoo Cheetah Sets New World Speed Record in 100 Meter Run. Image by National Geographic via YouTube. In 2009, Sarah earned the title of the world’s fastest land mammal ... was clocked at an ...

By obtaining this certification, it meant that the G600 is allowed to land at airports with shorter runways ... have have obtained over 125 speed records. 2 years later, after further developments for ...

The second attempt to set a new low-altitude speed record succeeded on August 28, 1961, when Lt. Huntington Hardisty (pilot) and Lt. Earl De Esch (RIO) flew F4H-1F BuNo 145307 at an average speed of ...