Jessi Combs was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She set a women's land speed class record in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016. She was known as the fastest woman on four wheels.
Jessi Combs is famous for a racer. She was known as the fastest woman on four wheels.
Jessi Combs was born on July 27, 1980, in Rockerville, South Dakota. She holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. Her birth sign is Leo. She was born to a father named Jamie Combs and a mother named Nina Darrington. The family moved to Piedmont, South Dakota when she was two years old. She had three siblings, Kelly Combs, Austin Darrington, Danielle Theis, and two stepsiblings, Rebekah, Hall and Arielle Hall. She graduated from Stevens High School in 1998. In 2004, she graduated from WyoTech in the Collision & Refinishing Core Program, as well as the Street Rod Fabrication and Custom Fabrication and High-Performance Powertrain program.
Jessi Combs started her career as a metal fabricator in 2005. She was hired by WyoTech marketing department along with other students to build up a car from the ground up in six months for SEMA show. She was selected as a co-host of the reality television show Xtreme 4X4. She became popular in media after being selected for the shoe and she worked as the co-host of the show for four years. She retired as the co-host of the show in February 2008. In 2011, she gained media's attention when she was appointed as the host of the television show The List 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die. In 2012, she became the co-host of Discovery Channel's show Overhaulin. She is also a popular car racer. She set an official land speed record of 392.954 mph while driving at Alvord desert in 2013. She has appeared on various TV show including Car Fix and MythBusters. She has been very successful as a television personality and car race. She broke her own record when she set a new top speed of 477.59 mph when driving the Other American Eagle. She assumed the first position in King of the Hammers with the Savvy Off-Road group in the EMC Modified Class and a 2017 twelfth spot complete in the Unlimited Class driving a similar Stock Mod vehicle. In 2019, she set a new top speed of 483.2 mph in a shakedown run.
Jessi Combs has a height of 5 feet 8 inches and body weight of 53 kg. Her body measurements are 34-25-35 inches. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her dress size is 3 and shoe size is 6.5 (UK).
Jessi Combs was an unmarried woman. She was in a relationship with Chris Jacob. He is the host of TV host on Discovery Channel, Overhaulin show. However, the news was revealed that she was once married to Ian Johnson. He was her co-host. But their relationship did not go well and they divorced in a short period of time. The reason for their divorce is said to be because of Jessi's sexual interest. There were rumors that she is a bisexual.
Jessi Combs died on August 27, 2019, aged 39, in Alvord Desert, Oregon. She died in a crash of a jet-powered high-speed race car in southeastern Oregon while attempting to beat her own four-wheel land speed record.
Jessi Combs had an estiamted net worth of $1 million and her salary is unknown. She earns a good amount of money from her career.