Automobile Speed Records, 1898-1939

Automobile Speed Records, 1898 to 1939

Date	Driver	Car	Average MPH.
1898	Chasseloup-Laubat	Jeantaud	24.3
1899	Jenatzy	Jenatzy	40.9
1902	Serpollet	Serpollet	46.6
1903	Duray	Gobron-Brillio	52.6
1903	Henry Ford	Ford 999	91.4
1904	W.K. Vanderbilt	Mercedes	92.4
1905	Arthur MacDonald	Napier	104.6
1905	H.L. Bowden	Mercedes	109.7
1906	Frank Marriott	Stanley Steamer	127.7
1910	Barney Oldfield	Benz	131.7
1911	Bob Burman	Benz	141.7
1919	Ralph DePalma	Packard	149.9
1920	Tommy Milton	Duesenberg	156.1
1926	J.G. Parry-Thomas	Thomas Special	168.1
1926	J.G. Parry-Thomas	Thomas Special	170.6
1927	Capt. M. Campbell	Napier Campbell	174.2
1927	Maj. H.O.D. Segrave	Sunbeam	203.8
1928	Capt. M. Campbell	Napier-Campbell	206.9
1928	Ray Keech	White Triplex	207.6
1929	Maj. H.O.D. Segrave	Irving-Napier	231.5
1931	Sir Malcolm Campbell	Napier-Campbell	246.1
1932	Sir Malcolm Campbell	Napier-Campbell	253.9
1933	Sir Malcolm Campbell	Napier-Campbell	273.4
1935	Sir Malcolm Campbell	Bluebird	276.8
1935	Sir Malcolm Campbell	Bluebird	301.1
1937	Capt. G.E.T Eyston	Thunderbolt	311.4
1938	Capt. G.E.T. Eyston	Thunderbolt	345.5
1938	John Cobb	Railton	350.2
1938	Capt. G.E.T Eyston	Thunderbolt	357.5
1939	John Cobb	Railton	368.9

Early records on dirt tracks, the Daytona Beach and finally salt flats in Utah. Source: Fred J. Wagner as told to John M. Mitchell, The Saga of the  Roaring Road ( Los Angeles: Clymer, 1949), p. 99.

Belgian Camille Jenatzy on his electric vehicle the "Jamais Contente,"

Henry Ford, 999 Racer, 1902 Many years after 999 last raced, Henry Ford posed with the car at the Dearborn Proving Grounds.

Several automobile journals reported that weeks after the 1904 races, Willie K. sold the Mercedes to Bernard M. Shanley, Jr. of Newark, New Jersey.

[Race car driver Bob Burman and his "Blitzen Benz"]

Shatters record at Sheepshead Course

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Irving-Napier Golden Arrow Segrave Daytona

Campbell and the Bluebird 

John Cobb and the Railton Mobil Special land speed record car on a record run