Jesse James breaks hydrogen land-speed record

Posted: Jun 17, 2009
Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Jesse James - Hydrogen

Late afternoon yesterday, Jesse James set the world record for the fastest run in a hydrogen-powdered vehicle. Jesse James rode across the El Mirage dry lake bed in the California desert at 199.712 mph.

James came in 14 mph faster than the previous record of 185 mph. That record was set in Germany by BMW in its hydrogen-powered H2H.

“This, I honestly believe, is world-changing,” James said . “We can’t rely on gasoline forever. I’m paying it forward. We don’t have to be dorks to make things environmentally friendly.”

The epic run will be shown on the season-finale episode of James’s TV show, Jesse James is a Dead Man. It will air on August 9th at 10 p.m. on Spike TV network.

- By: Omar Rana

Source: AutoWeek

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    TV's Jesse James fraudulently claims besting BMW's FIA ratified hydrogen-powered World Record Speed Record
    Cable TV personality Jesse James claims he set the world record for hydrogen-powered vehicles on June 16th on the southern California El Mirage dry lake.

    The claim is without merit since the activities were conducted without benefit of any motorsports sanctioning authority. The vehicle was neither inspected, nor certified and all the timing personnel were on the James TV payroll.

    World speed records require two runs over a one-mile course within one hour. James was 5,148 feet short -- being timed one-way for a total of 132 feet; he made only three or four passes over an eight to ten-hour period. Any world record holder will tell you it’s quite a technical feat to hold speed for a full mile.

    The baseless speed stunt was reportedly for "the season-ending episode of James's TV show, Jesse James is a Dead Man." The episode is set to air in early August.

    James claims to have bested the FIA ratified BMW HR2 record of 185 mph. The BMW HR2 race car set 9 international and FIA-ratified land-speed records for hydrogen cars at the Miramas Proving Grounds in France. The BMW HR2 is one of the few hydrogen cars developed with internal combustion engine (ICE) technology instead of fuel cell technology.

    Mr. James efforts count for absolutely nothing on the world motorsports stage and amount to little more than a self-promoting “TV racer” PR stunt since he chose to ignore the sport's sanctioning rules that have applied to all records certified for the past 80 years.
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    EGO,

    One day this guy is going to wake up and realize his entire stack of achievements in life were written, scripted and handed to him by others.
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