Published by Smart Apple Media,
an imprint of Black Rabbit Books
P.O. Box 3263, Mankato, Minnesota 56002
U.S. publication copyright © 2016 Smart Apple Media.
All rights reserved. International copyright reserved in all
countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in
any form without written permission from the publisher.
Published by arrangement with Watts Publishing, London.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the
Library of Congress
ISBN: 978-1-59920-992-0 (library binding)
ISBN: 978-1-68071-011-3 (eBook)
The author would like to thank Felix Wills and the
following for their kind help and permission to use
images: Jeremy Davey from the Thrust team; Dave
Rowley from the Bloodhound team; and the media
teams at Audi, BMW and McLaren.
Picture Credits
Audi (UK): 7b, 15b, 16/17 (all images). BMW AG: 12/13.
Car Culture/Corbis: chapter page, 14/15, 19b. Carolyn
Kaster/AP/Press Association Images: 19t. Chris Wright,
: 20/21 (all images). Getty Images:
18 (for NASCAR), 22. Jamie Duff/Press Association
Images: 13r. Jeremy Davey: 26l, 27r. Martin Rickett/PA
Wire/Press Association Images: 6/7. McLaren, www.
mclaren.com: title page, 8/9, 8b. PA/Press Association
Images: 14l. Shutterstock: 10/11 (all images), 23t,
23b, 25. Sutton/Press Association Images: 9b. www.
bloodhoundssc.com: 26/27.
24t, 25b.
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North Mankato, Minnesota
Every attempt has been made to clear copyright.
Should there be any inadvertent omission,
please apply to the publisher for rectification.
Disclaimer: Some of the “Stats and Facts” are
approximations. Others are correct at time of writing, but
will probably change.
PO 1728
3-2015
