Jessi Combs dead in streamliner crash

enjenjo · August 29, 2019, 01:36:56 AM

https://jalopnik.com/fastest-woman-on-four-wheels-jessi-combs-killed-in-jet-1837654356

A very talented lady

348tripower · August 29, 2019, 06:47:06 AM

Quote from: "enjenjo"https://jalopnik.com/fastest-woman-on-four-wheels-jessi-combs-killed-in-jet-1837654356

A very talented lady

She died doing what she liked. :cry:

Crosley.In.AZ · August 29, 2019, 08:05:57 AM

When I learned of Jessi's death wednesday morning...

Similar thoughts went thru my head in 1977 when we heard on the radio that Elvis was dead. A world without Jessi just seemed strange. She contributed way more than just racing and fabrication. Her positive energy and personality was very bright.

chimp koose · August 29, 2019, 08:09:33 AM

very talented lady , a real 'car guy ' and role model to young women interested in a trade career . My condolences to her family and friends

phat46 · August 29, 2019, 08:31:42 AM

For some reason, with everything else going on in the world, this really upset me. To lose such a positive and outgoing person and ambassador for the automotive world is a loss that extends beyond those our hobby.

jaybee · August 29, 2019, 10:20:16 PM

I was upset by it as well. What I remember the most about seeing her on TV was laughter. She really enjoyed the automotive world in all its depth and breadth, showed tremendous joy, and extended the audience in every direction including age and gender.

She will be terribly missed.

Crosley.In.AZ · August 30, 2019, 11:40:28 PM

I read this evening, the investigators are trying to collect data from the on board computers of the jet powered car. There was also a mention of a fire. No comment if the fire was caused by the crash or the crash caused by fire... yet.

Rrumbler · September 02, 2019, 11:05:37 PM

Read about it with a pang of sadness; I liked her from the first time I saw her on Extreme Off-Road.
She was one of a kind.

Crosley.In.AZ · September 05, 2019, 07:43:54 AM

There were 2 photos on the Media web site TMZ .. of a truck flatbed trailer with wreckage of the jet car. Looked like engine remnants and 1 rear wheel. That car crashed very hard.

:cry:

sirstude · September 05, 2019, 11:42:04 AM

There also is a video of her running down the track and she was really cooking.

Crosley.In.AZ · September 14, 2019, 09:12:43 AM

I have not seen any recent updates on the investigation in to Jessi' s death.

Curious if they can figure out if the car had a failure, did Jessi black out, did she simply over run the course length and could not shut down?

Crosley.In.AZ · September 23, 2019, 11:33:12 PM

I read today: Jessi Combs made 2 passes in opposite directions in the jet car for average speed of 531.889 mph... before the last run and crash.

The results will be submitted to Guinness for verification and possible acceptance as the fastest woman on Earth

Crosley.In.AZ · November 04, 2019, 09:42:09 PM

I read on the TMZ web site: the sheriff's investigation report says the front wheel on the jet car failed around 550 mph... Appears the wheel collapsed after it struck something. As I recall , the jet car had more than 1 front wheel.

Blunt force trauma to the head was the cause of death. The car caught on fire after the crash.

Bruce Dorsi · November 05, 2019, 06:18:23 PM

Thanks for the update, Tony.

Whatever the cause, it is a shame to lose such a pretty, and talented person. ...She was a great example of women in the automotive field.

jaybee · November 10, 2019, 09:50:00 AM

I saw that. Here's the car as shown before the crash, it looks like just one front wheel. https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2019/08/NorthAmericanEagle.jpg

At the speeds involved it probably dug in hard. It all would have happened really, really fast.