Jessi Combs

This article is about the race car driver. For the Texas politician, see Jesse M. Combs.

Jessi Combs
Combs in 2012
Born(1980-07-27)July 27, 1980
Rockerville, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedAugust 27, 2019(2019-08-27) (aged 39)
Alvord Desert, Oregon, U.S.
Alma materWyoming Technical Institute
Occupations
  • Racer
  • metal fabricator
  • television personality

Jessica Combs[1] (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019)[2] was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She set a women's land speed class record (four wheels) in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016. She was known as "the fastest woman on four wheels".[3]

She co-hosted the Spike TV show Xtreme 4x4 for more than 90 episodes from 2005 to 2009.[4] Other television shows on which she appeared include Overhaulin', MythBusters, The List: 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die, All Girls Garage,[5] and Science Channel's How to Build... Everything in 2016.[6]

Combs died after crashing a jet-powered high-speed race car at the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon while attempting to beat her four-wheel land speed record.[7][8] She was posthumously awarded the female land-speed world record by Guinness World Records in June 2020.[9]

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  2. ^ Torchinsky, Jason (August 28, 2019). "'Fastest Woman On Four Wheels' Jessi Combs Killed In Jet-Car Crash". Jalopnik. Gizmodo Media Group. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  3. ^ Asmelash, Leah (August 29, 2019). "Race car driver Jessi Combs, known as the 'fastest woman on four wheels,' dies while trying to beat record". CNN. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "About". Jessi Combs.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "TV Personality". Jessi Combs.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  6. ^ Slead, Evan (May 27, 2016). "Science Channel: How to Build Everything explores mankind's greatest inventions with fun flair". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  7. ^ Lerten, Barney (August 27, 2019). "Well-known racer killed in Alvord Desert land speed record attempt". KTVZ. Bend, Oregon. Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  8. ^ Chokshi, Niraj (August 28, 2019). "Jessi Combs, TV Host and Racecar Driver, Dies in Attempt at Land Speed Record". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  9. ^ "Fastest land speed record (Female)".