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Fastest Diesel-Powered Vehicle

­The word diesel used to conjure up images of smelly buses and slow-moving trucks, but that picture changed on August 23, 2006, when the JCB DIESELMAX diesel-powered car driven by Andy Green averaged 350 miles per hour over two runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats. On the first run, he hit 365.779 miles per hour.

The JCB DIESELMAX was built by the British company JCB, which normally makes diesel-powered backhoes, loaders, and other types of construction equipment.

Our list of land and water records concludes on the next page with the fastest lawn mower.­

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  • 4: World's Fastest Speedboat
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  • 6: Fastest Long-Distance Sailing Ship
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  • 9: Fastest Steam-Powered Vehicle
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  • 11: Fastest Roller Coaster
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