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Fastest Man on Earth Speeds into Northern Cape
Tuesday, 24 July, 2012Press Release
On 24 July 2012, Land Speed Record (LSR) holder Andy Green will be visiting Hakskeenpan in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa to view progress on the world’s fastest race track.
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Richard Noble visits Hakskeen Pan
Monday, 27 February, 2012News
Richard Noble’s first visit to Hakskeenpan took place with the lake bed flooded but that didn’t dampen his enthusiasm or urge to get to the track!
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Desert update - December 2011
Tuesday, 3 January, 2012News
by Andy Green
This year started with an unusually wet season in the Northern Cape. Hakskeen Pan was still under water in May, and the track preparation team didn’t get back onto the Pan until late June – about 2 months later than we were expecting. Luckily, the start of the new rainy season (normally around November) has been delayed, so work has continued right into December and the team has pretty much caught up.
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1K club Gold member James Howlett visits Hakskeen Pan
Friday, 4 November, 2011News
1K club Gold member James Howlett recounts his recent trip to to help build the world fastest race track on the Hakskeen Pan, South Africa:
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Hakskeenpan - August 2011
Thursday, 1 September, 2011News
Deon Jansen Van Noordwyk and his family; wife and two sons Jaeden (11) and Simon (9) from Durbanville, near Cape Town read about BLOODHOUND’s search for Desert Volunteers and wanted to help build theworld's fastest race track.
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Work has resumed on the world’s fastest racetrack
Monday, 25 July, 2011News
On the 20th of June 2011, the green flag was finally given signaling the return of 300 workers to Hakskeenpan after almost seven months of heavy rain and flooding.
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Hakskeen Pan Update
Wednesday, 27 April, 2011News
We have just been told that, due to unusually heavy rains in the local area and in neighbouring Namibia, water is still running onto the Pan so work on the track is still suspended. If this situation persists, Andy Green and Richard Knight, the Project's Communications Director, will be postpon
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Pictures from Hakskeenpan
Monday, 17 January, 2011News
We've just received these fantastic pictures from David Van der Westhuyzen - one of our South African desert volunteers:
above: Approaching storm
below: 1 inch deep lake!
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Sun, Stones and Scorpions
Monday, 22 November, 2010News
Today, Monday 22nd November 2010, The Times newspaper carries an unusual classified advert ...