| Year
of Record |
Vehicle and Driver |
Location of Record |
Last known whereabouts |
| 1898 |
JEANTAUD (Gaston de Chasseloup- Laubat) |
Acheres |
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| 1899 |
JENATZY (Camille Jenatzy) |
Acheres |
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| 1899 |
JEANTAUD (Gaston deChasseloup- Laubat) |
Acheres |
|
| 1899 |
JENATZY (Camille Jenatzy) |
Acheres |
|
| 1899 |
JEANTAUD (Gaston deChasseloup- Laubat) |
Acheres |
|
| 1899 |
JENATZY (Camille Jenatzy) |
Acheres |
Museum of Compiegne in northern France. There was a replica at Goodwood FoS 2002 |
| 1902 |
SERPOLLET (Léon Serpollet) |
Nice |
|
| 1902 |
MORS (William K.Vanderbilt) |
Ablis |
|
| 1902 |
MORS (Henri Fournier) |
Ablis |
|
| 1902 |
(Augieres) Ablis |
MORS |
|
| 1903 |
GOBRON BRILLIÉ (Arthur Duray) |
Ostend |
|
| 1903 |
GOBRON BRILLIÉ (Arthur Duray) |
Dourdan |
|
| 1904 |
FORD ARROW (Henry Ford) |
Lake St. Clair |
|
| 1904 |
MERCEDES (William K Vanderbilt) |
Daytona |
|
| 1904 |
GOBRON BRILLIÉ (Louis Rigolly) |
Nice |
|
| 1904 |
MERCEDES (Pierre de Caters) |
Ostend |
|
| 1904 |
GOBRON BRILLIÉ (Louis Rigolly) |
Ostend |
|
| 1904 |
DARRACQ (Paul Baras) |
Ostend |
has been rebuilt in UK |
| 1905 |
NAPIER (Arther E MacDonald) |
Daytona |
|
| 1905 |
DARRACQ (Victor Hémery) |
Arles-Salon |
|
| 1906 |
STANLEY (Fred Marriot) |
Daytona |
demolished in a crash on the sands of Ormond Beach a replica has been built by buck boudiman from hickory falls |
| 1909 |
BENZ (Victor Hémery) |
Brooklands |
There were 6 of the big Benz cars (I believe) although most of us in the states are more familiar I suppose with the Blitzen Benz associated with Oldfield and Burman, before it went onto some limited match races courtesy of Harry Harkness, the money man behind the short lived Sheepshead Bay. What a great car with a colorful and successful history as a record setter and crowd gatherer. I believe Bill Evans of San Diego is the man responsible for the latest examples of Blitzen replicas.
After Harkness filed for bankruptcy in the late teens the Benz allegedly found its way back to England after being purchased by Count Zborowski and was rebodied and continued pleasing the racing crowds. In 1923 or thereabouts the car was scrapped and Zborowski used the trans behind a Liberty V12 in his Higham special which was later to be called Babs. Of course Babs was not kind to Parry Thomas and the car was buried in the sands of Pendine in Wales. Babs has since been restored and I suppose the only thing left of the big Benz is probably the patterns and pieces of the original transmission. I remember in Hemmings an ad back in the eighties offering to sell a big Benz engine but God only knows what this particulare engine was out of.
Either way it is amazing anything of the trans was even left when you realize it had to power the 1300 cubic inch Benz powerplant before powering the 1650 cubic inch Liberty.-Jim |
| 1910 |
BENZ (Barney Oldfield) |
Daytona |
Of these, four have survived to this day: one Lightning Benz is in the possession of the Mercedes-Benz Museum, a second original vehicle, the only four-seater version, is in the hands of a collector in the United States. In 2004 another enthusiast for the brand in the US completed a private project to build a replica copy using many original parts. This project was carried out in close cooperation with the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center. The fourth vehicle, built in England, is a replica of the blue Hémery car. |
| 1911 |
BENZ (Bob Burman) |
Daytona |
See above |
| 1914 |
BENZ (L.G.Hornsted) |
Brooklands |
See above |
| 1919 |
PACKARD (Ralph de Palma) |
Daytona |
|
| 1920 |
DUESENBERG (Tommy Milton) |
Daytona |
This car was preserved for several years after its record runs, by Duesenberg Incorporated, but apparently disappeared in the late 1920's |
| 1922 |
SUNBEAM (K.L. Guinness) |
Brooklands |
|
| 1924 |
DELAGE (Réne Thomas) |
Arpajon |
is often seen in VSCC events and owned by the Williamson family |
| 1924 |
FIAT (Ernest Eldridge) |
Arpajon |
is owned by Fiat itself |
| 1924 |
SUNBEAM (Malcolm Campbell) |
Pendine |
Beaulieu |
| 1925 |
SUNBEAM (Malcolm Campbell) |
Pendine |
Beaulieu |
| 1926 |
SUNBEAM (Malcolm Campbell) |
Southport |
Beaulieu |
| 1926 |
BABS HIGHAM SPECIAL (Parry Thomas) |
Pendine |
|
| 1926 |
BABS HIGHAM SPECIAL (Parry Thomas) |
Pendine |
Summer - Pendine, winter - Brooklands |
| 1927 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Pendine |
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| 1927 |
SUNBEAM (Henry Seagrave) |
Daytona |
Beaulieu |
| 1928 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Daytona |
|
| 1928 |
WHITE TRIPLEX (Ray Keech) |
Daytona |
|
| 1929 |
GOLDEN ARROW (Segrave) |
Daytona |
Beaulieu |
| 1931 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Daytona |
Museum Of Speed in Daytona Beach Florida |
| 1932 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Daytona |
Museum Of Speed in Daytona Beach Florida |
| 1933 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Daytona |
Museum Of Speed in Daytona Beach Florida |
| 1935 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Daytona |
Museum Of Speed in Daytona Beach Florida |
| 1935 |
BLUEBIRD (Malcolm Campbell) |
Bonneville |
Museum Of Speed in Daytona Beach Florida |
| 1937 |
THUNDERBOLT (George Eyston) |
Bonneville |
was in New Zealand on a world tour when ww2 broke out and was stored in a building which then burned down it was buried in a New Zealand land fill site |
| 1938 |
THUNDERBOLT (George Eyston) |
Bonneville |
was in New Zealand on a world tour when ww2 broke out and was stored in a building which then burned down it was buried in a New Zealand land fill site |
| 1938 |
RAILTON MOBIL SPECIAL (John Cobb) |
Bonneville |
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| 1938 |
THUNDERBOLT (George Eyston) |
Bonneville |
was in New Zealand on a world tour when ww2 broke out and was stored in a building which then burned down it was buried in a New Zealand land fill site |
| 1939 |
RAILTON MOBIL SPECIAL (John Cobb) |
Bonneville |
thinktank Birmingham Science museum |
| 1947 |
RAILTON MOBIL SPECIAL (John Cobb) |
Bonneville |
thinktank Birmingham Science museum |
| 1963 |
SPIRIT OF AMERICA (Craig Breedlove) |
Bonneville |
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| 1964 |
BLUEBIRD (Donald Campbell) |
Lake Eyre |
Beaulieu |
| 1964 |
WINGFOOT EXPRESS (Green) |
Bonneville |
Everyone connected to the Wingfoot Express jet car claims not to know whatever happened to it. |
| 1964 |
GREEN MONSTER (Art Arfons) |
Bonneville |
Art Arfons original J-79 Green Monster was destroyed in the 600 mph crash at Bonneville in 1966. |
| 1964 |
SPIRIT OF AMERICA (Craig Breedlove) |
Bonneville |
|
| 1964 |
SPIRIT OF AMERICA (Craig Breedlove) |
Bonneville |
|
| 1964 |
GREEN MONSTER (Art Arfons) |
Bonneville |
|
| 1965 |
SPIRIT OF AMERICA. SONIC 1 (Craig Breedlove) |
Bonneville |
it was in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, in the early 1980's |
| 1965 |
GREEN MONSTER (Art Arfons) |
Bonneville |
|
| 1965 |
GOLDENROD (Summers brothers) (wheel driven ) |
Bonneville |
The Henry Ford Museum |
| 2001 |
TURBINATOR (Don Vesco) |
Bonneville |
|
| 1965 |
SPIRIT OF AMERICA. SONIC 1 (Craig Breedlove) |
Bonneville |
Was at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago in 1983 |
| 1970 |
THE BLUE FLAME (Gary Gabelich) |
Bonneville |
German Auto & Technik Museum in Sinsheim |
| 1983 |
THRUST 2 (Richard Noble) |
Black Rock |
Coventry Transport Museum |
| 1997 |
THRUST SSC (Andy Green) |
Black Rock |
Coventry Transport Museum |
| 1997 |
THRUST SSC (Andy Green) |
Black Rock |
Coventry Transport Museum |
