Originally Posted by
Rhino power
No, it's a sponsor funded endeavour (to break the land speed record, not for Andy to kill himself...), and so what if the tax payer chips in, you miserable sod, it's good for GB and all the companies/sponsors involved!
-RP
This is Richard Noble's 4th. car. The second one, Thrust 2, was the first LSR car, which he drove himself. They ran out of cash towards the end of the project and he appealed for donations, £10.00 and you got your name Dymo taped inside one of the panels. Cash rolled in and he took the record for the first time. Apart from donations, no public money.
The 3rd. car Thrust SSC and the current one are sponsor financed.