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For over 110 years, man has attempted to travel faster than ever on land. Now, a daring British engineering team is attempting to once again raise the bar, with the help of a wealth of UK motorsport and engineering businesses.

Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) is a far cry from the 39.2 mph record set by Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in 1898, utilising a conventional piston engine, jet engine and rocket to try and reach the target speed of 1,000mph.

Plasma spray coating specialist Zircotec plans to display examples of the first-ever flexible ceramic heat shield material at Europe’s largest motorsport show, Autosport International, which takes place at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, on 14-17 January 2010.

The coated foil product, Zircoflex, is set to revolutionise the use of ceramic materials for heat protection in a wide range of automotive, aerospace and industrial applications.

Demonstrating the diverse roles into which motorsport engineering businesses can move, transmission technology experts Xtrac recently unveiled the new, revolutionary Axis Drive marine propulsion system, constructed for Caudwell Marine, a South African marine engineering firm.