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Depends what you mean:

Road Car: 275mph (Koeniggsegg Agera R)

Road Motorcycle: 300mph (Dodge Tomahawk)

The current absolute record holder is ThrustSSC, a twin turbofan-powered car which achieved 763 miles per hour (1,228 km/h) for the mile (1.6 km), breaking the sound barrier.

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763.035 MPH (1227.99 KmH) by Andy Green of Great Britain on October 15, 1997 at Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada in the USA. The same team are wanting to beat this record and exceed 1000mph but the date hasn't been fully set but is some time around 2010. Bloodhound SS

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It can be done with lasers or with GPS.

GPS can measure distance and time, using atomic clocks on satellites.

They can also use laser switches. When the car goes through a laser beam, it triggers a clock to start. When the car cuts through another laser beam a mile away, the clock stops.

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As of 2021, the land speed record is 763.035 mph (1,227.986 km/h) set by the ThrustSSC in 1997. This record-breaking achievement occurred in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.

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Thrust SCC achieving a land speed record of 228 km/h or 763 mph. It is the first car to break the sound barrier (speed of sound)

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