Friday, January 25, 2019

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
JIM WHITE TRIPLEX LIBERTY AERO ENGINED WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD CARS RAY KEECH LEE BIBLE

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




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