The jet-propelled F104 aims to be the first car to hit 1,000 mph . In 1997 , he hit 763 mph or Mach 1 in the vehicle ThrustSSC to become the first man to break the sound barrier on land . Rocket boosters , engineers say , will push car through the sound barrier to world record . The team plans to try in 1997 at Hakskeen Pan , in Northern Cape , South Africa . Driver Mark Chapman already holds the world land speed record of 1,000 mph , set in 2016 .
The jet-propelled F104 aims to be the first car to hit 1,000 mph . Rocket boosters , engineers say , will push car through the sound barrier to world record . The team plans to try in 1997 at Hakskeen Pan , in Northern Cape , South Africa . Driver Mark Chapman already holds the world land speed record of 1,000 mph , set in 2016 .