A portfolio of reports telling how the first Land Speed Record of 39.24 mph was set in 1898 by Count de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantuad. By 1919 the record had been officially pushed upto 124.10mph.
Learn MoreA portfolio of reports telling how the Land Speed Record criss-record the Atlantic during the '20s and how fearless drivers such as Milton, Guiness, and more pushed it up to over 230mph.
Learn MoreA portfolio of contemporary reports telling how the Land Speed Record was raidsed from 231.36mph in 1930 to 368.85mph in 1939.
Learn MoreA portfolio of reports on how the Land Speed Record was raisedfrom 369mph to 394mph by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil special.
Learn MoreJet-powered contenders such as Goldenrod, Spirit of America, Thrust 2, and Thrust SSC which saw the record standing at 763mph at the end of the century.
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