Campbell Breaks 150 MPH: Speed Record Shattered in Wales
Sir Malcolm Campbell drove a Sunbeam 350HP across Pendine Sands in Wales at a two-way average of 150.33 mph, becoming the first person to break the 150 mph land speed barrier. The record launched a decades-long obsession with speed that led Campbell to break the land speed record nine times and the water speed record four times. His son Donald would inherit and ultimately die pursuing the same quest.
July 21, 1925
101 years ago
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