A former winner of the London Marathon and an ex-serviceman injured while on active service are teaming up with Plymouth University for a world record attempt.
Women’s wheelchair marathon champion Sarah Piercy and Chris Jones, a former Army Air Corps trooper and Help for Heroes ambassador, will aim to set land speed records at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) in Battle...
A team of students, academics and technicians from Plymouth University are planning a renewed attempt on a land speed record in September 2016.
Mechanical and composites engineers and students had spent a year developing, building and testing an arm-powered vehicle ahead of the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada.