Land Speed Records 1898-2002

The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. As such, it does not include records set by vehicles travelling on rails or motorized sleds over frozen lakes.

Additionally, the records below do not distinguish between different recognized classes of the land speed record, such as top speed for a motorcycle (333.117 mph), top speed for a steam-driven vehicle (145.607), or other top speeds that are not absolutes.

These are average speeds over the given distance. Two figures are given, one for the speed measured over a kilometre long course, and one for a mile long course. The speeds given are in miles per hour. The country field refers to the driver's nationality. Early records were not set according to clearly defined rules and thus some of them are controversial.

Disputed records are on a yellow background.

THIS TABLE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS most of the information is accurate but don't consider it as an absolute reference.

Date	Location	Driver	Driver Country	Vehicle	Power	Km Speed	Mile Speed	Comments
15/10/1997	Black Rock Desert, USA	Andy Green	Great Britain	ThrustSSC	Turbofan	760.343 mph (1223.65 km/h)	763.035 mph (1227.99 km/h)	First supersonic record (Mach 1.016)
25/09/1997	Black Rock Desert, USA	Andy Green	Great Britain	ThrustSSC	Turbofan	713.496 mph (1148.26 km/h)	714.144 mph (1149.30 km/h)
4/10/1983	Black Rock Desert, USA	Richard Noble	Great Britain	Thrust2	Turbojet		633.468 mph (1019.47 km/h)
17/12/1979	Edwards AFB, USA	Stan Barrett	USA	Budweiser Rocket	Rocket			Questionable supersonic top speed claim not officially recognized due to non-standard measurements and doubted by many experts.
23/10/1970	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Gary Gabelich	USA	Blue Flame	Rocket	630.389 mph (1014.52 km/h)	622.407 mph (1001.67 km/h)	First record over 1000km/h
15/11/1965	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Craig Breedlove	USA	Spirit of America - Sonic 1	Turbojet	600.842 mph (966.961 km/h)	600.601 mph (966.574 km/h)
07/11/1965	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Art Arfons	USA	The Green Monster	Turbojet	572.546 mph (921.423 km/h)	576.553 mph (927.872 km/h)
02/11/1965	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Craig Breedlove	USA	Spirit of America - Sonic 1	Turbojet	555.485 mph (893.966 km/h)	555.485 mph (893.966 km/h)
27/10/1964	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Art Arfons	USA	The Green Monster	Turbojet	544.134 mph (875.699 km/h)	536.710 mph (863.791 km/h)
15/10/1964	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Craig Breedlove	USA	Spirit of America - Sonic 1	Turbojet		526.277 mph (846.861 km/h)
13/10/1964	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Craig Breedlove	USA	Spirit of America - Sonic 1	Turbojet		468.719 mph (754.330 km/h)
07/10/1964	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Art Arfons	USA	The Green Monster	Turbojet	434.356 mph (665.231 km/h)	434.022 mph (664.694 km/h)
05/10/1964	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Tom Green	USA	Wingfoot Express	Turbojet	415.093 mph (668.027 km/h)	413.199 mph (664.979 km/h)
05/09/1963	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Craig Breedlove	USA	Spirit of America	Turbojet	408.312 mph (657.114 km/h)	407.447 mph (655.722 km/h)	Ratified by FIM as vehicle has 3 wheels
16/09/1947	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	John Cobb	Great Britain	Railton 'Mobil' Special	IC	393.82 mph (633.79 km/h)	394.19 mph (634.39 km/h)	First one-way over 400mph
23/08/1939	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	John Cobb	Great Britain	Railton	IC	369.74 mph (595.04 km/h)	367.91 mph (592.09 km/h)	Last record set in Utah
16/09/1938	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	George E. T. Eyston	Great Britain	Thunderbolt	IC	357.33 mph (575.07 km/h)	357.49 mph (575.32 km/h)
15/09/1938	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	John Cobb	Great Britain	Railton	IC	350.06 mph (563.37 km/h)	350.19 mph (563.58 km/h)
27/08/1938	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	George E. T. Eyston	Great Britain	Thunderbolt	IC	345.20 mph (555.55 km/h)	345.48 mph (556.00 km/h)
19/11/1937	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	George E. T. Eyston	Great Britain	Thunderbolt	IC	312.00 mph (502.11 km/h)	311.41 mph (501.17 km/h)
03/09/1935	Bonneville Salt Flats, USA	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Rolls-Royce Railton Blue Bird	IC		301.129 mph (484.620 km/h)
07/03/1935	Daytona Beach, USA	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Rolls-Royce Railton Blue Bird	IC	276.16 mph (444.44 km/h)	276.71 mph (445.32 km/h)	Last record set on a beach
22/02/1933	Daytona Beach, USA	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Rolls-Royce Railton Blue Bird	IC	272.46 mph (438.48 km/h)	272.10 mph (437.90 km/h)
24/02/1932	Daytona Beach, USA	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Napier Railton Blue Bird	IC	251.34 mph (404.49 km/h)	253.96 mph (408.71 km/h)
05/02/1931	Daytona Beach, USA	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Napier Railton Blue Bird	IC	246.08 mph (396.03 km/h)	245.73 mph (395.46 km/h)
11/03/1929	Daytona Beach, USA	Henry Segrave	Great Britain	Irving-Napier Golden Arrow	IC	231.56 mph (372.66 km/h)	231.36 mph (372.34 km/h)
22/04/1928	Daytona Beach, USA	Ray Keech	USA	White Triplex Spirit of Elkdom	IC		207.55 mph (334.02 km/h)
19/02/1928	Daytona Beach, USA	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Napier Blue Bird	IC		206.95 mph (333.05 km/h)
29/03/1927	Daytona Beach, USA	Henry Seagrave	Great Britain	100hp Sunbeam 'Slug'	IC	202.98 mph (326.66 km/h)	203.79 mph (327.97 km/h)
04/02/1927	Pendine Sands, Wales	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	Campbell Napier Blue Bird	IC	174.88 mph (281.44 km/h)	174.22 mph (280.38 km/h)	Last record set in Europe
28/04/1926	Pendine Sands, Wales	J. G. Parry-Thomas	Great Britain	Higham-Thomas Special Babs	IC	171.01 mph (273.60 km/h)	170.62 mph (274.59 km/h)
27/04/1926	Pendine Sands, Wales	J. G. Parry-Thomas	Great Britain	Higham-Thomas Special Babs	IC	169.29 mph (272.45 km/h)	168.07 mph (270.48 km/h)
21/03/1926	Southport, Great Britain	Henry Segrave	Great Britain	4 Litre Sunbeam Ladybird	IC	152.30 mph (245.10 km/h)	149.32 mph (240.31 km/h)
21/07/1925	Pendine Sands, Wales	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	350hp Sunbeam Blue Bird	IC	150.86 mph (242.79 km/h)	150.76 mph (242.62 km/h)
25/09/1924	Pendine Sands, Wales	Malcolm Campbell	Great Britain	350hp Sunbeam Blue Bird	IC	146.15 mph (235.21 km/h)	146.16 mph (235.22 km/h)
12/07/1924	Arpajon, France	Ernest A. D. Eldridge	Great Britain	FIAT Special Mephistopeles II	IC	146.01 mph (234.98 km/h)	145.89 mph (234.79 km/h)	Last record set on a public road
06/07/1924	Arpajon, France	René Thomas	France	Delage La Torpille	IC	143.21 mph (230.47 km/h)	143.31 mph (230.64 km/h)
17/05/1922	Brooklands, Great Britain	Kenelm Lee Guinness	Great Britain	350hp Sunbeam	IC	133.70 mph (215.17 km/h)	129.17 mph (207.88 km/h)	Last record set on a closed course
12/02/1919	Daytona Beach, USA	Ralph de Plama	USA	Packard 905	IC	149.875 mph (241.200 km/h)		Recognized in the USA, not recognized by the AIACR
24/06/1914	Brooklands, Great Britain	L. G. Hornstead	Great Britain	200hp Benz No 3	IC		124.09 mph (199.70 km/h)	First 2-way record
06/11/1909	Brooklands, Great Britain	Victor Héméry	France	200hp Benz No 1	IC	125.94 mph (202.68 km/h)	115.93 mph (186.57 km/h)
24/01/1907	Ormond Beach, Florida	Glenn Curtiss	USA	Curtiss V8 40hp (30kW) motorcycle	IC		136.27 mph (219.31 km/h)
26/01/1906	Daytona Beach, USA	Fred H. Marchriott	USA	Stanley Steamer	Steam	121.57 mph (195.65 km/h)
30/12/1905	Arles, France	Victor Héméry	France	Darracq V8 Special	IC	108.58 mph (174.74 km/h)
24/01/1905	Daytona Beach, USA	Arthur MacDonald	France	Napier 6	IC	104.65 mph (168.42 km/h)
13/11/1904	Ostend, Belgium	Paul Baras	France	Darracq Gordon Bennett	IC	104.53 mph (168.22 km/h)
21/07/1904	Ostend, Belgium	Louis Rigolly	France	Gobron Brillié Gordon Bennett	IC	103.56 mph (166.66 km/h)
25/05/1904	Ostend, Belgium	Pierre de Caters	Belgium	Mercedes Simplex 90	IC	97.25 mph (156.50 km/h)
31/03/1904	Nice, France	Louis Rigolly	France	Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid	IC	94.78 mph (152.53 km/h)
31/03/1904	Nice, France	Arthur Duray	Belgium	Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid	IC	88.76 mph (142.85 km/h)
12/01/1904	Lake St. Clair, USA	Henry Ford	USA	Ford Arrow	IC		91.37 mph (147.05 km/h)
05/11/1903	Dourdan, France	Arthur Duray	Belgium	Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid	IC	84.73 mph (136.36 km/h)
17/07/1903	Ostend, Belgium	Arthur Duray	Belgium	Gobron Brillié Paris-Madrid	IC	83.46 mph (134.32 km/h)
17/11/1902	Dourdan, France	M. Augières	France	Mors Z Paris-Vienne	IC	77.13 mph (124.13 km/h)
05/11/1902	Dourdan, France	Henri Fournier	France	Mors Z Paris-Vienne	IC	76.60 mph (123.28 km/h)
05/11/1902	Ablis, France	William K. Vanderbilt	USA	Mors Z Paris-Vienne	IC	76.08mph (122.44 km/h)
13/04/1902	Nice, France	Leon Serpollet	France	Gardner-Serpollet Oeuf de Pacques	Steam	75.06 mph (120.80 km/h)
29/04/1899	Achères, France	Camille Jenatzy	Belgium	CITA No 25 La Jamais Contente	Electric	65.79 mph (105.88 km/h)		First record over 100km/h
04/03/1899	Achères, France	Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat	France	Jeantaud Duc Profilée	Electric	57.65 mph (92.78 km/h)
27/01/1899	Achères, France	Camille Jenatzy	Belgium	CGA Dogcart	Electric	49.93 mph (80.35 km/h)
17/01/1899	Achères, France	Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat	France	Jeantaud Duc	Electric	43.69 mph (70.31 km/h)
17/01/1899	Achères, France	Camille Jenatzy	Belgium	CGA Dogcart	Electric	41.42 mph (66.66 km/h)
18/12/1898	Achères, France	Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat	France	Jeantaud Duc	Electric	39.24 mph (63.15 km/h)