17 Facts About Jessi Combs

Jessica Combs was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator.

Jessi Combs set a women's land speed class record in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016.

Jessi Combs was known as "the fastest woman on four wheels".

Jessi Combs co-hosted the Spike TV show Xtreme 4x4 for more than 90 episodes from 2005 to 2009.

Jessi Combs was posthumously awarded the female land-speed world record by Guinness World Records in June 2020.

Jessi Combs was born in Rockerville, South Dakota, on July 27,1980, the daughter of Jamie Jessi Combs and Nina Darrington.

Jessi Combs had two siblings, Kelly Combs and Danielle Theis, and three step-siblings, Rebekah Hall, Arielle Hall, and Austin Darrington.

Jessi Combs' great-grandmother was Nina DeBow, a jazz pianist who raced Stanley Steamers.

Jessi Combs graduated from WyoTech in 2004, where she attended the Collision and Refinishing Core Program, the Street Rod Fabrication and Custom Fabrication, and High-Performance Powertrain programs.

Jessi Combs was a 2014 Ultra 4 Spec Class National Champion with Falken Tire.

Jessi Combs hosted the SpikeTV television show Xtreme 4x4, a part of the Powerblock, for four years.

In 2009, Jessi Combs appeared in 12 episodes of the seventh season of MythBusters while Kari Byron was on maternity leave.

From 2011 to 2014, Jessi Combs served as one of the hosts of All Girls Garage on Velocity.

In 2012, Jessi Combs became a co-host with Chris Jacobs for the sixth season of Overhaulin's relaunch on the Velocity and Discovery channels.

In 2018, Jessi Combs appeared on the Discovery Channel panel show Break Room.

Also in 2018, Jessi Combs appeared on an episode of Jay Leno's Garage as Jay Leno's guest driver of a Bugatti Chiron.

Jessi Combs died on August 27,2019, after crashing a jet-powered car while setting a land-speed record as part of the North American Eagle Project on a dry lake bed in the Alvord Desert, Oregon.