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Land speed record · United States

Blue Bird — 1935 Land Speed Record

Malcolm Campbell pushed the outright world land speed record beyond 300 mph in Blue Bird in 1935.

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Context and interpretation.

The 1935 Blue Bird record belongs to the era when record cars combined huge piston engines, streamlining and vast open courses. In the Motor Museum it acts as an early landmark in the shift from road-car engineering toward specialised record machines.