{"id":5536,"date":"2018-12-17T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T12:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/bloodhound-supersonic-car-project-saved\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T12:19:39","slug":"bloodhound-supersonic-car-project-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/bloodhound-supersonic-car-project-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodhound supersonic car project saved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Media caption<\/span>The Bloodhound car was tested in Newquay, Cornwall, last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 1,000mph race car project has been saved after an entrepreneur stepped in to buy the business.<\/p>\n

The Bloodhound supersonic vehicle<\/a> – built with a jet engine bolted to a rocket – is all but finished.<\/p>\n

Its future was in jeopardy amid a failure to secure investment which forced the firm financing it into administration.<\/p>\n

But Yorkshire-based entrepreneur Ian Warhurst has bought the project for an “undisclosed amount”.<\/p>\n

Administrator Andrew Sheridan, said: “Ian has a strong background in managing highly successful businesses in the automotive engineering sector and he will bring considerable expertise to bear in taking the project forward.<\/p>\n

“He will be outlining his plans for the project in detail early in the New Year.”<\/p>\n

Mr Sheridan said the Ministry of Defence and Rolls Royce had both backed the buyout.<\/p>\n

Mr Warhurst is the managing director of Barnsley engineering firm Melett, which specialises in turbochargers, repair kits and turbo parts.<\/p>\n

The firm said he had an “interest in engines from an early age due to his family’s garage and haulage company business”.<\/p>\n

The Bristol-based team behind the Bloodhound project aims to beat the existing land speed world record of 763mph (1,228km\/h). <\/p>\n

It is due to attempt to reach a record-breaking speed in South Africa, where an 18km-long (11-mile), 1,500m-wide (4,921ft) track at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape has been prepared.<\/p>\n

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Previous test runs at Newquay Airport in 2017 saw Bloodhound reach speeds of 200mph (320km\/h).<\/p>\n

The project planned on running on Hakskeen Pan towards the end of 2019, when the water in the lakebed evaporated and the ground had become dry.<\/p>\n

The Bloodhound, using a Rolls-Royce Eurofighter engine alongside a rocket, was then due to be tested at 500-600mph (800-965km\/h) before approaching its top speed in further test runs during 2020 or 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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