Jessi Combs, an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator, dies at 36 in a horrific accident yesterday, August 27, 2019, trying to break the world speed record in the rocket car category.
Known as the « fastest Woman on 4 wheels », Jessi Combs was born on July 27, 1983, in Rapid City, South Dakota. She lived in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, was a specialist in this discipline, but she was also a television presenter who had hosted many shows including « All Girls Garage », « Overhaulin », « Extreme 4 × 4 » or « Autoblog’s The List » but she has also seen several times in Jay Leno Garage and some more classic American auto shows.
An accomplished driver, she had raced the Baja 1000 and many « off road » and / or long-distance races that the Americans have the secret. She was also the fastest woman in the world on 4 wheels since she had reached the speed of 398,16 mph aboard the Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger rocket car in 2013. This week she was trying to do better and go get her « shakedown » last year that allowed her to reach 483.227 mph. Unfortunately,the accident were on the track this week and the pilot was killed in the crash of his rocket car (52,700 hp)
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