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^ a b Asmelash, Leah (August 29, 2019)." 'Fastest Woman On Four Wheels' Jessi Combs Killed In Jet-Car Crash". ^ a b c Torchinsky, Jason (August 28, 2019).
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"Professional female driver and TV host dies attempting to break land speed record". This record was verified by Guinness World Records in June 2020. Ĭombs' final run across Oregon's Alvord Desert on August 27 reached 522.783 mph (841.338 km/h), before her crash, which broke the existing women's land speed record of 512.71 mph (825.13 km/h), set in 1976 by Kitty O'Neil at the same location. The official cause of death was determined to be " blunt force trauma to the head" occurring prior to the fire that engulfed the race vehicle after the crash. The crash was caused by a failure of a front wheel, likely caused by hitting an object in the desert, which caused the front wheel assembly to collapse at a speed nearing 550 mph (890 km/h). Death Ĭombs died on August 27, 2019, after crashing a jet-powered car while attempting to break a land speed record as part of the North American Eagle Project on a dry lake bed in the Alvord Desert, Oregon. In 2018, Combs appeared on the Discovery channel panel show Break Room.Īlso in 2018, Combs appeared on an episode of Jay Leno's Garage as Jay Leno's guest driver of a Bugatti Chiron. In 2012, Combs became a co-host with Chris Jacobs for the sixth season of Overhaulin's re-launch on the Velocity and Discovery channels. The basis of the show was women repairing and upgrading new and classic automobiles. įrom 2011 to 2014, Combs served as one of the hosts of All Girls Garage on Velocity (now Motor Trend network). Starting in 2011, Combs hosted the Autoblog series, The List: 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die, alongside co-host Patrick McIntyre. In 2009, Combs appeared in twelve episodes of the seventh season of MythBusters while Kari Byron was on maternity leave. Following an on-set accident, Combs announced in February 2008 that she would leave the show. See also: List of MythBusters cast membersĬombs hosted the SpikeTV television show Xtreme 4x4, a part of the Powerblock, for four years.
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In 2016, she took first place in King of the Hammers with the Savvy Off Road team in the EMC Modified Class and a 2017 12th-place finish in the Unlimited Class driving the same Stock Mod car.
On September 7, 2016, Combs set a new top speed of 477.59 mph (768.61 km/h) driving the Other American Eagle.Ĭombs was also a 2014 Ultra 4 Spec Class National Champion with Falken Tire. In doing so, she broke the 48-year-old women's land speed record, a 308.506 mph (496.492 km/h) run average set by Lee Breedlove in Spirit of America - Sonic 1 in 1965.
On October 9, 2013, Combs drove the North American Eagle (NaE) Supersonic Speed Challenger at the Alvord desert, claiming the women's 4-wheel land speed record with an official run of 398.954 mph (632 km/h) and a top speed of 440.709 mph (709 km/h). 2017 – Ultra 4 King of the Hammers – 12th – 4400 Class.
2016 – Ultra 4 King of the Hammers – 1st – EMC Modified Class.2015 – Rallye Aicha des Gazelles (off-road rally race) – 1st – First Participation – 10th overall.2014 – Ultra 4 King of the Hammers – 1st – Spec Class.2014 – Ultra 4 National Championship – 1st – Spec Class.
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Career Racing Īs a professional driver, Combs raced in a range of events and enjoyed many successes. Following her graduation, Combs's first professional job came after the WyoTech marketing department hired her and another student to build a car from the ground up in six months to debut at the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association's (SEMA) show.
Combs graduated from WyoTech in 2004, where she attended the Collision & Refinishing Core Program, the Street Rod Fabrication and Custom Fabrication, and High Performance Powertrain programs. She graduated from Stevens High School in 1998. Combs' great-grandmother was Nina DeBow, a jazz pianist who raced Stanley Steamers. She had two siblings, Kelly Combs and Danielle Theis, and three step-siblings, Rebekah Hall, Arielle Hall and Austin Darrington. The family moved to Piedmont, South Dakota, when she was two years old. Combs was born in Rockerville, South Dakota, on July 27, 1980, the daughter of Jamie Combs and Nina Darrington.