Then, in March 1926, Segrave took the Land Speed Record driving at 152.33mph over the mile in another Sunbeam, a red 4.0-liter Tiger nicknamed Ladybird—but within six weeks the title had been ...

The British land and water speed record pioneer Sir Henry Segrave, after setting a two-way average record of 98.8mph in his Rolls-Royce-powered Miss England II, was trying to raise the record ...

On July 21, 1925, Briton Malcolm Campbell became the first person to travel at more than 150 miles per hour on land when he accelerated the mighty 350 hp Sunbeam along the beach to 150.76 mph.

The previous BNI world land speed record was 413.156, set by the late Nolan White of San Diego in 2001. White was killed later that year trying to raise his record, according to Svoboda.

Harper set his land speed record that year going 150 mph on a 124-cubic-inch Harley-Davidson chopper. He had no sponsorship, despite working as a mechanic at a Billings Harley dealership.

A Maserati MC20 Coupe with no one in the driver’s seat set a new land speed record for autonomous vehicles, reaching 197.7mph (318km/h) during an automotive event at the Kennedy Space Center ...

Dennis Zainfeld's Smart car in the driveway offers little clue. At 8 feet long, it's a fraction of the beast inside that is his real baby: a 28-foot-long aluminum splinter that Zainfeld believes ...