Editing Land speed record (section)

=== 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)" />
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|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
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|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
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|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.
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