In this Feb. 8, 2018, file photo, Jessi Combs of Long Beach, Calif., drops into the final chute before the finish line of the Smitty Built Everyman's Challenge Race of the King of the Hammers in Lucerne Valley, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. The Harney County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, that Combs died in the single-car crash in a dry lake bed in the remote desert around 4 p.m. Tuesday. The 36-year-old Combs was known as the "fastest woman on four wheels" for setting a land-speed record of 298 mph (480 kph). (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP, File)
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