American racecar driver Tommy Milton sits behind the wheel of his Duesenberg racecar before attempting to set a land speed record on the hard-packed...
Bob Burman sits behind the wheel of his 'Blitzen Benz' racecar before setting a new land speed record on the hard-packed sand at Daytona Beach,...
Craig Breedlove, speed car driver, holds a model of his "Spirit of America" as he speaks to newsmen here October 19th, Four days before, Breedlove...
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah- Californian Gary Gabelich, driving his Blue Flame rocket car powered his way to a land speed record of 622.407 miles per...
Young Bobby Summers of Ontario, Calif., stands near his car, Goldenrod, in which he set a world land speed record for piston-driven cars at the...
Craig Breedlove walks away from his specially designed racing car, the Spirit of America in which he established a new world's ground speed record of...
Craig Breedlove, wearing crash helmet and goggles, is seated in the Spirit of America, the specially designed racing car in which he established a...
Daring Craig Breedlove is lifted into the air by his happy crew November 15th after becoming the first man to crack the 600 miles per hour land speed...
The canopy is lowered over the head of Craig Breedlove just prior to his becoming the first man in history to travel over 500 mph in a car. The...
Sets Land Speed Record. Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah: Californian Gary Gabelich powered his Blue Flame rocket car to a land speed record of 622.407...
Craig Breedlove holds a model of Spirit of America at a press conference in Manhattan, two days after breaking the land speed record at over 407...
Speeding almost five miles a minute, Sir Malcolm Campbell of England, shattered his own automobile speed record by whizzing over the Daytona Beach,...
Henry Ford standing beside his famous racer 999 with Barney Oldfield at the tiller. Both Ford and Oldfield drove this four-cylinder, 80 horsepower...
Henry Segrave is surrounded by onlookers whilst sat in his Sunbeam Tiger, also known as Ladybird, at a land speed record attempt at Southport,...
Spectators watch on as Henry Segrave drives his Sunbeam Tiger, also known as Ladybird, during a land speed record attempt at Southport, Lancashire,...
British racing driver and engineer George Eyston, wearing a gas mask to prevent being overcome by fumes, in the cockpit of his Thunderbolt, as the...
Collectible tobacco or cigarette card, 'Champions' series, published in 1935 by Gallaher Ltd to promote Park Drive Cigarettes, depicting famous...
American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder Craig Breedlove getting out from his land speed record-setting...
American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder Craig Breedlove with United States Auto Club timers setting up...
Englishman Andy Green will be driving a British Thrust SCC Jet car, trying to break the land speed record set in 1983 by Richard Noble, September 15,...
Craig Breedlove drives his Spirit of America Jet Car which is in a head to head Land Speed Record attempt with Englishman Richard Noble driving a...
The location of the land speed record attempt, Craig Breedlove and his Spirit of America Jet Car is in a head to head Land Speed Record attempt with...
Welsh engineer and racing driver J. G. Parry-Thomas waits while his car, 'Babs', is filled with petrol at Brooklands motor racing circuit in Surrey,...
Racing driver Art Arfons with his jet-powered car 'Green Monster', 19th March 1970. Arfons was the world land speed record holder three times between...
American racing driver Craig Breedlove drives Spirit of America - Sonic 1 as it makes one of its timed runs to set a new world speed record for jet...
American race car driver and land speed record holder, Art Arfons pictured standing behind his Green Monster speed car at Bonneville Salt Flats in...
American land speed record holder Art Arfons stands at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, United States after setting a new land speed record in his...
Driver and project leader Richard Noble at Tower Bridge, London, behind the wheel of the 60% complete jet car Thrust 2, in which he hopes to...
Captain Malcolm Campbell driving his racing car through the finish line on the beach at Pendine Sands, South Wales. It was here he broke the world's...
An all-terrain vehicle setting off to lay the dark blue dye line which will guide Donald Campbell over the speed course at Lake Eyre, south...
Henry Segrave's twin-engined Sunbeam 1000 hp land speed record car, 'Mystery' , before its first trial at Wolverhampton, 23rd February 1927. Later,...
Laurels for Camille Jenatzy , the first man to exceed 100 kph at Acheres, near Paris. The car, christened 'Jamais Contente', was an electric vehicle...
Arthur MacDonald at the wheel of a Napier racing car. He captured the land speed record at Daytona beach in a Napier in 1905.
Racing driver Mr Parry Thomas in the sports car Babs breaks the World Speed record at Pendine Sands when they reach 172 mph.
Captain George Eyston driving his Thunderbolt car on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, November 1st 1937. Eyston had already unofficially broken the...
'Bluebird', the vehicle which will be driven by British speed record breaker Donald Campbell during his land speed record attempt, on the flatbed of...
Bluebird CN7, Donald Campbell and support crew, World Land Speed Record attempt, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964. Artist Unknown.
Allan Dougherty, support crew member for Bluebird CN7 World Land Speed Record attempt, holding on of the car's wheels, Lake Eyre, Australia, 1964....
Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Andy Green drives Thrust SSC faster than the speed of sound, through the desert
British racing driver, pilot and entrepreneur Richard Noble stands beside Thrust2 during the press launch of the jet propelled car in Birmingham,...
Black Rock Desert, Nevada. The Thrust SSC team celebrate breaking the world land speed record, pictured is Richard Noble pouring champagne over...
24th August 1937, Tipton, Staffordshire, The mightiest car ever built is pictured near completion at the factory in the Black country, The car is to...
Aerial view of Green Monster, with a former F-104 Starfighter GE J-79 jet engine, after crash by Art Arfons during attempt to break world land-speed...
View of high tailpiece of Art Arfons Green Monster with a former F-104 Starfighter GE J-79 jet engine before attempt to break world land-speed record...
Portrait of Art Arfons sitting in afterburner of Green Monster with a former F-104 Starfighter GE J-79 jet engine before attempt to break world...
Project Thrust II. By late 1980 Thrust II was running, and set six British records on the runway of RAF Greenham Common, reaching speeds of over 260...
'Wingfoot Express' Land Speed Record car, 1964. This car, designed by Walt Arfons, was driven at 413.199 mph by Tom Green at Bonneville on 5th...
'Wingfoot Express' Land Speed Record car, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, 1964. This car, designed by Walt Arfons, was driven at 413.199 mph by Tom...
Malcolm Campbell, Frank Lockhart, Ray Keech at Daytona, Florida, 1928. The three contenders for the world land speed record. Lockhart drove a Stutz...
The 1961 Bluebird. Donald Campbell set a new World Land Speed Record of 403.10 mph in this car on 17 July 1964. Bluebird cost £1 million to make and...
Sunbeam 350 hp racing car. This Sunbeam began a new era of aero-engined Land Speed Record cars. The car was first raced at Brooklands in 1920 and two...
Leon Serpollet in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Serpollet set a world land speed record in 1902, driving along the promenade at Nice...
Capt Malcolm Campbell's Sunbeam motor car being fitted with new wheels at Pendine Sands after he beat the world record travelling at a speed of 150...
Craig Breedlove and Richard Noble look on during the world land speed record attempt by the Thrust SCC at Black Rock Desert, Nevada. Mandatory...
