She was 36.
https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/jessi-combs-1983-2019
She was a Mythbuster for a while.
https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/jessi-combs-1983-2019
She was a Mythbuster for a while.
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TV personality Jessi Combs killed in Land-Speed Record Crash
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Lovely tweet from Adam, I just hope that her family and friends are okay right now.
This is more evidence that we all need to live every day like our last.
This is more evidence that we all need to live every day like our last.
I didn't realize from the title she was in a rocket car that apparently hit over 480mph. Holy crap!
Good lord. All the best to her family.
A minor consolation would be that it must have been a practically immediate death, at a speed like that.
To be graphic,
A minor consolation would be that it must have been a practically immediate death, at a speed like that.
To be graphic,
you'd be mush before your brain could process what the fuck is happening.
Damn, I remember her from Mythbusters, didn't realize she was trying to break the land record like that. That's badass. RIP
Same, "car crash" is a hell of an understatement.
Same, "car crash" is a hell of an understatement.
How sad. RIP
I'm honestly not familiar with her, since I've only seen a handful of myth busters episodes, but my heart goes out to her loved ones. 36 is so young. 😞
I'm honestly not familiar with her, since I've only seen a handful of myth busters episodes, but my heart goes out to her loved ones. 36 is so young. 😞
Wait, that fuselage lists a driver and her as co/driver. Did someone else die in the crash as well?
Holy shit. Way too young. Was a wonderful role model on shows like MythBusters, Overhaulin, Xtreme 4x4 etc., showing more than just dudes doing all the fab and mechanic work without all the bullshit stereotyping women get in the field. She will be missed :'(
A terrible tragedy. May her family find peace.
I always find the last entries on social media of folks who meet an untimely and tragic demise to be absolutely surreal. It's a like perfect memory held indefinitely in suspension.
I always find the last entries on social media of folks who meet an untimely and tragic demise to be absolutely surreal. It's a like perfect memory held indefinitely in suspension.
Hmm... Ok, The Jalopnik article says 1980
Oh interesting. They also had her birth date as 1983 earlier today. Must have been corrected since. Apologies.
while its sad she died, at least she died being a total bad ass doing bad ass things she loved to do
Those cars are terrifying. I remember Richard Hammond talking about his near-death crash in his first Top Gear episode after the crash.
Seems she died doing something she loved though, so good on her and RIP.
Seems she died doing something she loved though, so good on her and RIP.
You'd be going so fast I'd expect you'd be dead before you even realized what was going on.
Race car driver Jessi Combs has posthumously been named the fastest woman on Earth by Guinness | CNN
Combs, who died the day of the attempt, broke the record by clocking a speed of 522.783 mph in a jet-powered car. She's the first person to break the record in more than 40 years, Guinness said.
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