Title

Railton Special Land Speed Record car, Brooklands, Surrey, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Railton Special Land Speed Record car, Brooklands, Surrey, 1938. John Cobb set Land Speed Records in this car at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA. In 1947, when he set the record at 394.19 mph, on one of the required two runs he exceeded 400 mph, the first man to break this barrier. He was killed in 1952 when, attempting to break the water speed record, his boat disintegrated at high speed on Loch Ness.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A87_417

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (1,4Mb) / 16,8in x 12,5in / 5035 x 3737 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England speed car cars automobile sport streamlined century thirties record concept motor racing Surrey B&W motor sport MONOCHROME road Transport Motor Car Weybridge black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century record breaker record-breaking National Motor Museum Brooklands land speed record motor racing circuit Railton Special TGN John Cobb photograph Unknown John Cobb photograph