Hemmings Daily: Bloodhound team makes plans for first high-speed tests at Hakskeen Pan

Though it's one of the flattest places on earth and boasts a rock-free 20 kilometers of racing surface thanks to the efforts of hundreds of area residents, no land-speed racing vehicle has yet to set a wheel on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa's Kalahari Desert, not even the British Bloodhound SSC, which has long been set to race there. That will change this October when the Bloodhound makes the trip for its first round of high-speed testing up to 600 MPH. "It's been a transformational experience over the last fe [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Friday, July 12, 2019 [Bloodhound team makes plans for first high-speed tests at Hakskeen Pan]( [Bloodhound team makes plans for first high-speed tests at Hakskeen Pan]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Though it's one of the flattest places on earth and boasts a rock-free 20 kilometers of racing surface thanks to the efforts of hundreds of area residents, no land-speed racing vehicle has yet to set a wheel on the Hakskeen Pan in South Africa's Kalahari Desert, not even the British Bloodhound SSC, which has long been set to race there. That will change this October when the Bloodhound makes the trip for its first round of high-speed testing up to 600 MPH. "It's been a transformational experience over the last fe... 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