Jessi Combs posted photos of the car she was planning to drive to beat her record days before her death

'Fastest woman on four wheels,'Jessi Combs', dies in an accident trying to break records

Jessi Combs were trying to defeat their own land-speed record by being buried under debris in Oregon.

Local officials said Wednesday that race car driver and host of "Mythbusters" Jessi Combs died after crushing his vehicle in Alvord Desert, Oregon. She was 39.

After setting a record of 398 mph in 2013 in her jet-powered North American Eagle Supersonic Speed ​​Challenger, Jessi Combs was known as the "fastest woman on four wheels". Jessi Combs attempted to beat her record last year when she managed to gain momentum. A mechanical error at 483 mph ended that attempt.

One of his team members, Terry Madden, announced his death on Instagram.

He wrote, "I have never loved or loved anyone so much as this amazing woman @thejessicombs did." "She was truly my unicorn and I enjoyed every minute that I did with her. She was the most amazing soul that I have or will ever know."

Adam Savage, a former co-host on Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters", also wrote about Jessi Combs. She appeared in several episodes of the show when host Kari Byron was on maternity leave.

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"She worked as a prolific and [p] -not builder, engineer, driver, fabricator and science communicator and used to struggle daily to encourage others," she said on Twitter. "We are short for his absence."

I’m so so sad, Jessi Combs has been killed in a crash. She was a brilliant & too-notch builder, engineer, driver, fabricator, and science communicator, & strove everyday to encourage others by her prodigious example. She was also a colleague, and we are lesser for her absence.

— Adam Savage (@donttrythis) August 28, 2019

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So I don’t know how to say any of this but it all needs said. I have never loved or been loved by anyone as much as this amazing woman @thejessicombs she was truly my unicorn and I enjoyed every single minute that I had with her. She was the most amazing spirit that I have ever or will ever know. Unfortunately we lost her yesterday in a horrific accident, I was the first one there and trust me we did everything humanly possible to save her!! I’m not ok, but she is right here keeping my going-I made her a promise that if this didn’t go well that I would make sure and do good with it, please help me with that, you are all going to see things on news please believe non of them.. we the family have drafted a release and it will come out today with more proper info, but I was just woke up by the media tracking me down and I need everyone of her true friends to do what she would want “take a deep breath, relax” and do good things with this. Please donate to nothing, I know there will be people try, we are finishing the documentary as she wished and the world will know the truth and her foundation will use those funds to do amazing things in this world and make her legacy live on properly. In the coming days her family and I will get the proper channels put together that you can then donate to that foundation but until you hear it from me wait please-I don’t want some asshole profiting off this (all ready had one try to sell us a video)... . . Love you all and thank you all for being such amazing friends to her, she dedicated her life to helping support others dreams and I promise I will continue that.

A post shared by Terry L. Madden (@terry_madden) on Aug 28, 2019 at 5:51am PDT

Jessi Combs posted pictures of the car she was planning to drive to beat the record before her death.

It may seem a little crazy to walk directly into the line of fire... those who are willing, are those who achieve great things. .
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People say I’m crazy. I say thank you ;)
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.#fastestwomanonearth #almost #fasterthanfast #jetcar #afterburner #landpsee… https://t.co/IrnCQQWMGJ pic.twitter.com/A5NZ6Luq0u

— Jessi Combs (@TheJessiCombs) August 24, 2019

Jessi Combs died Tuesday afternoon while running on a dry lake bed in the desert in remote Harney County, Sheriff's Lt. Brian Needham said in a statement. The cause is under investigation.

Madden, Coombs 'teammate on the North American Eagle Racing Team, said in an Instagram post Wednesday that he was heartbroken and added a video collage of Jessi Combs' photographs and video clips with various team members.

"She was the most amazing soul I would ever know or ever know," Madden wrote. "Unfortunately we lost him yesterday in a horrific accident, I was the first person there and trust me we did everything humanly possible to save him !!"

Jessi Combs was widely known in the niche sport of jet-car racing and was attempting to break the women's land speed record of 512 mph (823 kmph) set by Kitty O'Neill in 1976 when her died. Jet cars are jet engines powered by jet engines.

She currently holds the record as the fastest woman on four wheels - O'Neill had driven a three-wheeled vehicle to a 398 mph performance in 2013 and also drove fast in follow-up runs, but mechanical Problems prevented books from making records.

In an Instagram post on Sunday, Jessi Combs indicated that she hopes to break O'Neill's record in the Oregon desert.

In a statement, Jessi Combs' family said that "the most notable dream was the fastest woman on earth."

Jessi Combs, who was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, and lived in Long Beach, California, drowned in snowboarding early in life and was a skilled artist and craftsman according to a biography on the North American Eagle, his racing team.

She studied automotive design and construction and appeared as a host on Spike TV's Extreme 4X4, which broke her spine before a freak accident with a piece of heavy machinery.

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After months of rehabilitation, Jessi Combs recovered and appeared and guest hosted several TV shows honoring his skills as a professional driver for films and commercials.

The Ellward Desert is an extremely inaccessible and sparsely populated area located about 400 miles (643 kilometers) southeast of Portland in Southeast Oregon.