Richard Noble

Richard Noble achieved the World Land Speed record of 633.468mph on Nevada's Black Rock Desert in October 1983. In October 1997 he achieved his life time ambition of leading the team that broke the speed of sound.

Richard Noble's original record was the third longest standing Land Speed Record of all time. He conceived, planned and executed the project to build a 30,000 HP 650mph car from a zero cash base. He drove the car Thrust 2 at over 600mph 11 times and to a peak speed of 650.88 mph. For his achievement, he was given amongst other awards the OBE, the RAC Diamond Jubilee Trophy, the John Cobb Memorial Trophy, the Sir Malcolm Campbell Trophy and the Sir Henry Segrave Trophy.

His most recent project has been the SSC Programme where he was Chairman. Richard Noble founded the SSC Programme Ltd with the objective of producing the first ever supersonic land speed record car against competition from both the USA and F1 MacLaren team. The project research was carried out in extreme secrecy and took 3 years and the test programme involved high speed rocket testing at Mach 1.1, in preference to conventional wind tunnel work. By June 1995, the research demonstrated clearly that the project was possible and the project launch of the 100,000 HP Thrust SSC was held on June 3rd with startling media response. In October 1997 his life time ambition was realised.

The Thrust project was driven by Richard Noble's energy and leadership skills in bringing together a team, ranging from 150 sponsors who finance the project, to the 50 skilled engineers and technicians who design and build the car, down to the five men who have to keep a ten mile desert track free from the smallest stones. As a motivational speaker ,Richard's ability to inspire his team towards the same goal has captivated business audiences throughout the world.