Editing Land speed record (section)

== Records ==

=== 1898–1964 (wheel-driven) ===
{{See also|Land speed racing#Records by class}}

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! rowspan="3" | Date
! rowspan="3" | Location
! rowspan="3" | Driver
! rowspan="3" | Vehicle
! rowspan="3" | Power
! colspan="4" | Speed
! rowspan="3" | Comments
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! colspan="2" | Over 1&nbsp;km
! colspan="2" | Over 1&nbsp;mile
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! (mph) !! (km/h)
! (mph) !! (km/h)
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|December 18, 1898||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Achères, Yvelines|Achères]], France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat]]||[[Jeantaud]] Duc<ref name="Northey1161">Northey, p.1161.</ref>||[[Battery electric vehicle|Electric]]
||39.24||63.15|| || || <ref name="landspeedr">{{cite web |url=http://www.landspeedrecord.org/speed-records/ |title=Land Speed Record Holders Timeline |first=Dave |last=Fowler |year=2019 |access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref> Conducted over {{Convert|1|km}} from a [[wikt:flying start|flying start]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ross |first=Frank |url=http://archive.org/details/carracingagainst00ross |title=Car racing against the clock : the story of the world land speed record |date=1976 |publisher=Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. |isbn=978-0-688-41743-7 |pages=10–13}}</ref>
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|January 17, 1899||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Achères, France||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Camille Jenatzy]]<ref name="Northey1161"/>|| GCA Dogcart||Electric
|41.42||66.66|| || || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|January 17, 1899||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Achères, France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat||[[Jeantaud]] Duc||Electric
||43.93||70.31|| || || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|January 27, 1899||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Achères, France||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Camille Jenatzy|| GCA Dogcart||Electric
||49.93||80.35|| || || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|March 4, 1899||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Achères, France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat||[[Jeantaud]] Duc Profilée||Electric
||57.65||92.78|| ||  || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|April 29, 1899||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Achères, France||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Camille Jenatzy|| CITA No 25 ''[[La Jamais Contente]]''|| Electric
||65.79||105.88|| || || First purpose-designed land speed racer<ref name=gizmodo>{{cite news |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-blazing-fast-evolution-of-land-speed-record-cars-1604716513 |title=The Blazing Fast Evolution Of Land Speed Record Cars |first=Attila |last=Nagy |work=Gizmodo |location=Australia |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref> First record over {{convert|100|kph|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="landspeedr" />
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|April 13, 1902||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Nice]], France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Léon Serpollet]]||[[Gardner-Serpollet]]<br> [[Gardner-Serpollet#The Easter Egg|''Œuf de Pâques'']] (Easter Egg)||[[Steam car|Steam]]<ref name="Northey1162"/>
|75.06||120.80|| || ||
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|August 5, 1902 ||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Ablis]], France||{{Flagicon|USA|variant=1896}} [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]]||[[Mors (automobile)|Mors]] Z Paris-Vienne||Internal combustion
|76.03||122.438|| || || First internal combustion powered record<ref name="Northey1162"/><!--Eyston, G.E.T. ''Fastest on Earth'' (Los Angeles: Clymer, 1946), pp.173-4, also mentions the 1904 Ormond Beach record-->
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|November 5, 1902 ||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Dourdan]], France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Henri Fournier]]||Mors Z Paris-Vienne||Internal combustion<br>V4, 9.2-litre, 60&nbsp;bhp 
|76.59||123.25|| || ||<ref name="Posthumus (1971)">Posthumus, Cyril. ''Land Speed Record: A complete history of the record-breaking cars from 39 to 600+ mph'' (Osprey Publishing, Reading, 1971)</ref>
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|November 17, 1902 ||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Dourdan, France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Maurice Augières||Mors Z Paris-Vienne||Internal combustion
|77.13||124.13|| || || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|July 17, 1903 ||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Ostend]], [[Belgium]]||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Arthur Duray]]|| Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid ||Internal combustion
|83.46||132.32|| || || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|November 5, 1903 ||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Dourdan, France||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Arthur Duray|| Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid ||Internal combustion
|84.73||136.35|| || || <ref name="Posthumus (1971)" />
|-
|January 12, 1904
|{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1896}} [[New Baltimore, Michigan|New Baltimore]], United States
|{{Flagicon|USA|variant=1896}} [[Henry Ford]]
|[[Ford 999]] Racer
|Internal combustion
|
|
|91.37
|147.05
|<ref>Cars Against the Clock, The World Land Speed Record, Robert B. Jackson (New York, Henry Z. Walck, Inc.), p.19, {{ISBN|0-8098-2078-1}}</ref>
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|March 31, 1904||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Nice, France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Louis Rigolly]]||[[Gobron-Brillié]] Paris-Madrid ||Internal combustion|| 94.78 || 152.53 || || || <ref name="landspeedr" /> 
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|May 25, 1904||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Ostend, Belgium||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Pierre de Caters]]||[[Mercedes Simplex]] 90 ||Internal combustion|| 97.25 || 156.50 || || || <ref name="landspeedr" /> 
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|July 21, 1904<ref name="Posthumus (1971)" />||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Ostend, Belgium||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Louis Rigolly]]||[[Gobron-Brillié]] Gordon Bennett ||Internal combustion|| 103.56 || 166.66 || || || First record over {{convert|100|mph|0|abbr=on}},<ref name="landspeedr"/> 2 months after [[City of Truro]]'s.
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|November 13, 1904||{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Ostend, Belgium||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Paul Baras]]||[[Darracq and Company London|Darracq]] Gordon Bennett ||Internal combustion|| 104.53 || 168.22 || || || <ref name="landspeedr" />
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|December 30, 1905||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Arles, France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Victor Hémery]]||[[Darracq and Company London|Darracq]] Special ||Internal combustion|| 109.59 || 176.37 || || || <ref name="landspeedr" /> 
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|January 26, 1906||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1896}} [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]], United States||{{Flagicon|USA|variant=1896}} [[Fred Marriott]]||[[Stanley Steamer|Stanley ''Rocket'']]<ref name="Northey1163"/>||Steam
|127.66||205.44|| || |
|First record over {{convert|200|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}. First faster than contemporary rail speed record. Fastest steam-powered land vehicle until 2009.<ref>[http://www.steamcar.co.uk/index.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725133316/http://www.steamcar.co.uk/index.html|date=July 25, 2009}} – The British Steam Car Challenge</ref>
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|November 8, 1909<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fia.com/land-speed-record-archives|title=History of Automobile World Records|last=Seherr-Thoss|date=October 1987|website=FIA}}</ref>||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Brooklands]], United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Victor Hémery]]||[[Blitzen Benz|Benz]] No. 1<br>200&nbsp;hp (150&nbsp;kW) ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|21.5|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} inline-4 Benz engine|| 125.94 || 202.68 || 115.93 || 186.57 || First run using electronic timing<ref name="Northey1163"/>
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|June 24, 1914||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Brooklands, United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Lydston Hornsted]]||Benz No. 3 <br>200&nbsp;hp (150&nbsp;kW) ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|21.5|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} inline-4 Benz engine
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|—||124.09||199.70
|First 2-way record, set at Brooklands under new ''Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus'' (AIACR) 2-way rule<ref name="Northey1163"/>
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|May 17, 1922||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Brooklands, United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Kenelm Lee Guinness]]||[[Sunbeam 350HP]]||V12, single ohc, 18.3 litre, <br>350 b.h.p. engine ||133.75||215.25||  ||  ||The third and last time the record was set at Brooklands<ref name="Posthumus (1971)"/> 
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|July 6, 1924||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[Arpajon]], France||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} [[René Thomas (racing driver)|René Thomas]]||[[Delage|Délage]] ||Internal combustion, V12, ohv, 10.6 litre, 280&nbsp;bhp engine || || ||143.31||230.634||<ref name = "Posthumus (1971)" />
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|July 12, 1924||{{Flagicon|France|variant=1848b}} Arpajon, France||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Ernest Eldridge]]||[[FIAT]] [[Mephistofeles (car)|''Mephistopheles'']]||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|21.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} inline-6 FIAT A.12 aero engine
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|—||145.89||234.98
|Fastest land speed record ever on a public road<ref name="Northey1163"/>
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|September 25, 1924||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Pendine]], United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Malcolm Campbell]]||[[Sunbeam 350HP]] ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|18.3|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Sunbeam aero engine
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|—||146.16||235.22
|First land speed record by Malcolm Campbell<ref name=crawford/>
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|July 21, 1925||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Pendine]], United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell||Sunbeam 350HP||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|18.3|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Sunbeam aero engine
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|—||150.87||242.8
|First person to travel on land at over {{convert|150|mph|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=crawford>Scott A. G. M. Crawford, "Campbell, Sir Malcolm (1885–1948)", ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32271, accessed 20 April 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022222931/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-32271;jsessionid=E993603D6A0B787277D7AEBB0A7F0D56 |date=October 22, 2022 }}</ref>

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|March 16, 1926||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Ainsdale|Ainsdale beach]] at [[Southport]], United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Henry Segrave]]||[[Sunbeam Tiger (1925)|''Ladybird'']] ||Internal combustion: a 4-litre Sunbeam Tiger<br>|| || || 152.33 ||245.15 ||
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|April 27, 1926
|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Pendine]], United Kingdom
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[J. G. Parry-Thomas]]
|''[[Babs (land speed record car)|Babs]]''
|Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|27|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 [[Liberty L-12]] aero engine
|169.29
|270.864
|168.74
|269.984
|<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 28, 1926|title=Hier, sur la plage de Pendine, l'Anglais J. P. Thomas a atteint la formidable vitesse de 277 kil. à l'heure!|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4684039j|journal=L'Auto|pages=1|via=BnF/Gallica}}</ref>
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|April 28, 1926||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Pendine, United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} J. G. Parry-Thomas||''Babs'' ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|27|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Liberty L-12 aero engine
| 172.09 || 275.341
| 171.69 || 274.590
| <ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 29, 1926|title=A nouveau, J. P. Thomas a battu hier les records du monde du mille et du kilomètre qu'il s'était appropriés la veille!|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46840406|journal=L'Auto|pages=1|via=BnF/Gallica}}</ref>
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|February 4, 1927||{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Pendine, United Kingdom||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell||[[Napier-Campbell Blue Bird|Napier-Campbell ''Blue Bird'']]||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|22.3|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 [[Napier Lion]] aero engine
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|—||174.88||281.44||<ref name=crawford/>
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|March 29, 1927||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Henry Segrave||[[Sunbeam 1000 hp|''Mystery'']]<br> (aka "Sunbeam 1000 hp") ||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|22.4|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 [[Sunbeam Matabele]] aero engines ||203.79||327.97|| || || The first car to reach a speed over 200&nbsp;mph (320&nbsp;km/h)<ref>Holthusen, Peter J.R. (1986). The Land Speed Record {{ISBN|0-85429-499-6}}</ref>
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|February 19, 1928||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell||Napier-Campbell ''Blue Bird''||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion aero engine ||206.956||333.048|| || || <ref name="Northey1164"/>
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|April 22, 1928 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ray Keech]]||[[White Triplex|''Triplex Special'']]||Internal combustion:<br>3 × {{convert|27|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Liberty L-12 aero engines||207.552||334.007|| || || <ref>Northey, Tom (1974). "Land Speed Record: The Fastest Men on Earth". In Tom Northey. ''World of Automobiles''. Vol. 10 (London: Orbis), pp.1164–5.</ref>
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|March 11, 1929||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Henry Segrave||[[Golden Arrow (car)|''Golden Arrow'']]||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion aero engine  ||231.446||372.459|| || || Segrave was knighted for this effort<ref name="Northey1165">Northey, p.1165.</ref>
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|February 5, 1931 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States<ref name="Posthumus (1971)" />||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell ||[[Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird|Campbell-Napier-Railton ''Blue Bird'']] ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engine||246.09||396.025|| || ||Campbell was knighted for this effort<ref name="Northey1165"/>
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|February 24, 1932 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell ||Campbell-Napier-Railton ''Blue Bird'' ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engine||253.97||408.73|| || || First {{convert|250|mph|abbr=on}} pass.<ref name=crawford/>
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|February 22, 1933 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell ||Campbell-Railton ''Blue Bird'' ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|36.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 [[Rolls-Royce R]] supercharged aero engine||272.46||438.48|| || || <ref name=crawford/>
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|March 7, 1935 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Daytona Beach, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell ||Campbell-Railton ''Blue Bird'' ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|36.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engine||276.816||445.472|| || || <ref name="Northey1165"/>
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|September 3, 1935 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Campbell ||Campbell-Railton ''Blue Bird'' ||Internal combustion:<br>{{convert|36.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engine||301.129||484.598|| || || First {{convert|300|mph|abbr=on}} pass, first absolute record set at Bonneville<ref name="Northey1165"/>
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|November 19, 1937 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Bonneville Salt Flats, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[George Eyston]]||[[Thunderbolt (car)|''Thunderbolt'']]||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|36.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines||311.42 ||501.16 ||||||<ref name="Northey1165"/>
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|August 27, 1938 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Bonneville Salt Flats, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} George Eyston||''Thunderbolt''||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|36.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines
|345.49 <ref name="Northey1165"/>||556.012||||
|
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|September 15, 1938 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Bonneville Salt Flats, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[John Cobb (racing driver)|John Cobb]]||''Railton'' ||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engines||350.2 ||563.566 ||||||<ref name="Northey1165"/>
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|September 16, 1938 ||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Bonneville Salt Flats, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} George Eyston||''Thunderbolt''||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|36.7|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines|| 357.5 ||575.314||||||<ref name="Northey1165"/>
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|August 23, 1939||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Bonneville Salt Flats, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} John Cobb||''[[Railton Special]]''||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engines
|369.74 <ref name="Northey1165"/>||595.04||367.91||592.091
|
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|September 16, 1947||{{Flagicon|United States|variant=1912}} Bonneville Salt Flats, United States||{{Flagicon|GBR}} John Cobb||Railton ''Mobil Special'' ||Internal combustion:<br>2 × {{convert|23.9|liter|cuin|abbr=on}} W12 Napier Lion supercharged aero engines
|394.196 <ref name="Northey1163"/>||634.397||394.19||634.39
|First single pass at over 400&nbsp;mph (402&nbsp;mph)
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|July 17, 1964
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Lake Eyre]], Australia
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Donald Campbell]]
|[[Bluebird CN7|''Bluebird'' CN7]]
|[[Turboshaft]]: 1 × {{convert|4,000|hp|abbr=on}} [[Bristol Proteus]] gas turbine
|
|
|403.10 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/vehicle-collection/bluebird/|website=The National Motor Museum Trust|access-date=June 17, 2019|title=Proteus Bluebird CN7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://landspeedrecord.org/bluebird-cn7-donald-campbell/|website=Land Speed Record|title=Bluebird CN7 – Donald Campbell|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
|648.73
|Last wheel driven absolute record.
|}

=== 1963–present (jet and rocket propulsion) ===
[[Craig Breedlove]]'s mark of {{convert|407.447|mph}},<ref name="Northey1166"/><ref name="Twite, Mike p.231">Twite, Mike. "Craig Breedlove: Toward the Sound Barrier", in ''World of Automobiles'' (Volume 2, p.231).</ref> set in ''[[Spirit of America (automobile)|Spirit of America]]'' in September 1963, was initially considered unofficial.  The vehicle breached the FIA regulations on two grounds: it had only three wheels, and it was not [[drive wheel|wheel-driven]], since its jet engine did not supply power to its axles.  Some time later, the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme]] (FIM) created a non-wheel-driven category, and ratified ''Spirit of America''{{'}}s time for this mark.<ref name="Northey1166"/>  On July 17, 1964, [[Donald Campbell]]'s [[Bluebird CN7]] posted a speed of {{convert|403.10|mph}} on [[Lake Eyre]], Australia.  This became the official FIA LSR, although Campbell was disappointed not to have beaten Breedlove's time.<ref name="lshistory">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bloodhound-risbridger.com/Land-Speed-Record-History/ |title=Land Speed Record History &#124; Bloodhound SSC Risbridger |access-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912055601/http://www.bloodhound-risbridger.com/Land-Speed-Record-History |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October, several four-wheel [[jet-car]]s surpassed the 1963 mark, but were eligible for neither FIA nor FIM ratification.<ref name="lshistory" /> The confusion of having three different LSRs lasted until December 11, 1964, when the FIA and FIM met in Paris and agreed to recognize as an absolute LSR the higher speed recorded by either body, by any vehicles running on wheels, whether wheel-driven or not.<ref name="times19641212">{{Cite news|title=Land Speed Record Agreement |work=[[The Times]] |date=December 12, 1964 |page=7, col E |issue=56193}}</ref>

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! style="width:8%;"  rowspan="3" | Date
! style="width:10%;" rowspan="3" | Location
! style="width:12%;" rowspan="3" | Driver
! style="width:12%;" rowspan="3" | Vehicle
! style="width:8%;"  rowspan="3" | Power
!                    colspan="4" | Speed
! style="width:12%;" rowspan="3" | Comments
|-
! colspan="2" | Over 1&nbsp;km
! colspan="2" | Over 1&nbsp;mile
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! style="width:4%;" | (mph) !! style="width:4%;" | (km/h)
! style="width:4%;" | (mph) !! style="width:4%;" | (km/h)
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|August 5, 1963||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Breedlove]]|| [[Spirit of America (automobile)|''Spirit of America'']]||[[Turbojet]]
|||||407.447||655.722||<ref name="Northey1166"/><ref name="Twite, Mike p.231"/> Initially considered unofficial since the vehicle had 3 wheels. Later ratified by [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]]. 
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|October 2, 1964||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Green (designer)|Tom Green]]|| ''[[Wingfoot Express]]''||[[Turbojet]]
|||||413.2||665.0 ||<ref name="Northey1166"/>
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|October 5, 1964||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Art Arfons]]|| [[Green Monster (automobile)#Land speed racing|''Green Monster'']]||[[Turbojet]]
|||||434.03||698.50 ||<ref name="Northey1166"/>
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|October 13, 1964||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Breedlove]]||[[Spirit of America (automobile)|''Spirit of America'']]||[[Turbojet]]||
||||468.719||754.330||<ref name="landspeedr" />
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|October 15, 1964||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Breedlove]]||[[Spirit of America (automobile)|''Spirit of America'']]||[[Turbojet]]||
||||526.277||846.961||<ref name="landspeedr" /> 
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|October 27, 1964||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Art Arfons]]||[[Green Monster (automobile)#Land speed racing|''Green Monster'']]||[[Turbojet]]||
||||536.710||863.751||<ref name="landspeedr" /> 
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|November 2, 1965||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Breedlove]]||''[[Spirit of America (automobile)#Spirit of America - Sonic 1|Spirit of America – Sonic 1]]''||[[Turbojet]]||555.485||893.966||555.485||893.966||<ref>Cars Against the Clock, The Fastest Men on Earth, Clifton, Paul, New York, The John Day Company, page 238, L.C. 66-15097</ref> 
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|November 7, 1965||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Art Arfons]]||[[Green Monster (automobile)#Land speed racing|''Green Monster'']]||[[Turbojet]]||576.553
||927.872||576.553||927.872||<ref name="landspeedr" />
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|November 15, 1965||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Breedlove]]||''[[Spirit of America (automobile)#Spirit of America - Sonic 1|Spirit of America – Sonic 1]]''||[[Turbojet]]||594||955.950||600.601||966.574||First thrust powered record to be ratified by the FIA
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|October 23, 1970||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Bonneville Salt Flats]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Gary Gabelich]]||''[[Blue Flame]]''||[[Rocket]]
|630.478||1014.656||622.407||1001.667||<ref name="FIA land speed records, Cat C">{{cite web|url=http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/7D4955E7190F1A25C12572FB00559369/$FILE/Records_List_Cat-C.pdf|title=FIA land speed records, Cat C|publisher=FIA|access-date=July 12, 2009}}</ref>
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|October 4, 1983||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Black Rock Desert]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Noble]]||''[[Thrust2]]''||[[Turbojet]]: 1 × [[Rolls-Royce Avon]]
|634.051||1020.406||633.47||1019.47||<ref name="FIA land speed records, Cat C"/>
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|September 25, 1997||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Black Rock Desert]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Green (RAF officer)|Andy Green]]||''[[ThrustSSC]]''||[[Turbofan]]: 2 × [[Rolls-Royce Spey]]
|713.990||1149.055||714.144||1149.303
|<ref name="FIA land speed records, Cat C"/>
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|October 15, 1997||{{Flagicon|United States}} [[Black Rock Desert]], [[United States]]||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Green (RAF officer)|Andy Green]]||''[[ThrustSSC]]''||[[Turbofan]]: 2 × [[Rolls-Royce Spey]]
|760.343||1223.657||763.035||1227.986 <ref name=FIA-website-thrust-SSC>{{cite web|url=http://fia.com/en-GB/sport/records/Pages/Introduction.aspx |website=[[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] |access-date=January 17, 2011 |title=Introduction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230130023/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/sport/records/Pages/Introduction.aspx |archive-date=December 30, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| First to break the [[supersonic speed|speed of sound]]
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