That led him to the story of "Slam'n" Sammy Miller, a drag racer who put skis on a rocket dragster and set a world ice speed record, going from zero to 247 mph in 1.6 seconds on Lake George in New ...

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MANAWA, Wis. (WLUK) -- It's not the kind of headline you see everyday. But on Sunday, it was Kurt Anderson's story. He wanted to drive the fastest rocket engine ice drag racer in the world. As ...

Now, his shop he calls Area 52 is filled with race cars and rockets, including his Arctic Arrow, a sled he hopes will break a 39-year-old world speed record, giving him the maximum G-force of a ...

Col. John P. Stapp comes to the end of his record-setting rocket sled test at the Holloman High Speed Test Track, Dec. 10, ... The New Space Race" published in 2019 by National Geographic.

A racer prepares to slide down the sledding hill in his cardboard sled deemed "The Bear" during Midland's Cardboard Sled Race on Jan. 20, 2024 at City Forest. Isabelle Pasciolla/Midland Daily News ...

They chose carbon-fiber composites, a lightweight material used in rocket nose cones, as the sled's surface material. In integrating rocket tech with the architecture of sports equipment, the ...