Date23 August 1939LocationBonneville Salt Flats, USAGeotag[1]
History
HistoryBritish driver John Cobb, broke the world speed record in 1939 at Bonneville Flats, Utah achieving a mark of 367.91 mph (592.09 km/h). The vehicle, the Railton Special was built by Reid Railton. It was powered by two Napier Lion aircraft engines, and had Dunlop tyres, and possibly Dunlop wheels.
