Budweiser Rocket Finish:none Singer Joe Strummer and bassist

Singer Joe Strummer and bassist Paul Simonon

October 1975

'After the Bath'

Statue of Queen Anne erected as a celebration of the completion of St Paul's Cathedral

View from Great Queen Street

Budweiser Rocket Finish:none Singer Joe Strummer and bassistBudweiser Rocket, USA, 1979. This rocket powered vehicle designed by William Frederick was calculated as having been driven by Stan Barrett at 739. 666 mph at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It was not accepted as a new Land Speed Record, however, as the attempt fell foul of several of the strict rules governing Land Speed Record attempts. The vehicle made only one run, where the rules stipulate that two must be made, in opposite directions,