Title

Henry Segrave with the Golden Arrow, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, 1929. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Henry Segrave with the Golden Arrow, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, 1929. Following his record breaking success with the 1000hp Sunbeam, Henry Segrave announced a new attempt was to be made in an all-new car. The Golden Arrow was designed by JS Irving and used a Napier Lion aero-engine of the Special 930 hp Schneider Trophy Type. The twelve cylinders were in a W formation. The car's low line design was achieved by the use of twin propeller shafts each side of the driver. Segrave drove Golden Arrow to a new record of 231.362 mph (372.341 kph) at Daytona Beach, Florida, on 11th March 1929.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1929

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A85_284

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (1,1Mb) / 16,2in x 12,9in / 4870 x 3875 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male car cars automobile sport man men goggles Florida guy drive century driver record motor racing twenties B&W motor sport MONOCHROME road Transport Motor Car black & white black and white B W 1920s famous people 20th century Daytona Beach USA National Motor Museum Golden Arrow land speed record racing driver sports personality TGN Sir Henry Segrave photograph Unknown Sir Henry Segrave Major Henry Segrave Henry Segrave photograph