A BRITISH-BUILT.A BRITISH-BUILT steam car which it is hoped will break the longest standing land speed record has been unveiled. The vehicle is aiming to beat the record of 128mph in a steam car set by Fred Marriot in 1906. The team behind the project, called the British Steam Car Challenge, includes the test driver Don Wales, 42, above, from Surrey, who is nephew of the late Donald Campbell
Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) was a British car and motorboat racer who broke eight world speed records in the 1950s and 60s. and grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell Sir Malcolm Campbell (11 March 1885 – 31 December 1948) was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called Bluebird. , who both set speed records on land and water. The driver of the vehicle during the record attempt in America later this year will be Charles Burnett III, 52, from Lymington in Hampshire. The steam car will be shipped to salt flats at Bonneville in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in July in preparation for the World Record attempt between August 25 and 27. The team has had support from former world land speed record holder Richard Noble, whose Thrust 3 car is exhibited at the motor museum in Coventry. |
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