Daytona Beach February 5, 1931
Looking like something from a distant future alongside period road cars, Captain Malcolm Campbell’s Bluebird crosses the finishing line to raise the land-speed record to 245.733mph – an achievement later recognised with a knighthood
Daytona Beach February 22, 1933
It had yet to be acknowledged that smoking was potentially more harmful to one’s health than chasing speed records, so the now Sir Malcolm Campbell celebrated with a cigarette after raising the bar yet again, this time leaving it at 272.108mph
Daytona Beach March 27, 1930
Irishman Kaye Don set a number of speed records at
