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The Flying Kestrel team heads back to the two-mile-long runway at Elvington where Jon Webster crashed the car; he drives it in anger for the first time since that fateful day but have they done enough?
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S2, EP2 "The Test"
The new version of the Flying Kestrel is ready to be put to the test at a wind tunnel; has the team done enough to create a record-breaking car?
S1, EP7 "Return of the Riley"
Can the team behind Kestrel Beer and one of the world's best drag racing engineers break multiple land speed records in a 1930s Kestrel Riley classic car?
S1, EP5 "Record Day - Part 2"
The owner of Kestrel Beer buys an original 1930's Riley Kestrel, with the intention of restoring it and then breaking the land-speed record.
S1, EP8 "The Crash"
After driver Jon Webster crashes the Flying Kestrel at 148 mph, the team must work out what went wrong and decide if the dream of a land speed record is worth risking it all.
S1, EP4 "Record Day"
The transformation is complete and it's time for the Flying Kestrel to be put to the test.
S1, EP3 "Meet the Press"
The official launch of The Flying Kestrel at legendary racetrack, Santa Pod; the Kestrel team is joined by Victor Riley of Riley Cars and celebrity Rachel Riley.
S1, EP2 "Dyno Test"
The record attempt is only one week away and everything seems to be on track, until the results of a dyno test put a spanner in the works.
S1, EP1 "Stripped"
Meeting Nigel McNally and the team from Kestrel Beer who has hopes of breaking the land speed record in a restored 1930's Riley Kestrel 9.
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