In 1983, the team skipped Bonneville entirely to set up operations in Nevada, and was immediately beset by challenges including heavy rains and an engine surge that nearly destroyed the Avon jet engine; then, on October 4, Noble drove the car to an average speed of 633.468 MPH. A project that had begun half a world away, with funding of just ??175 and no budget for a telephone, had ended with a ne