Malcolm Campbell

Sir Malcolm Campbell

The Sunbeam 350 bhp, fitted with a 18 litre V12 engine, was driven by Malcolm Campbell, on Pendine Sands UK, to set Land Speed Records.
On 25th September 1924, the record was set at 146.16 miles per hour.
Returning the following year, on 21st July 1925, he increased it to 150.77 miles per hour.

Cards (from Left to Right)

1. "Cars of the World", Barratt, 1965

2. "Veteran & Vintage Cars", Weston's, 19??

3. "World of Speed", Embassy, 1981

Malcolm Campbell returned to Pendine Sands in 1927, driving the Napier Blue Bird, powered by a 450 h.p. Napier Lion engine.
On 4th February 1927, he raised the record to 174.88 miles per hour.

For the 1928 record attempt, the Napier Blue Bird was fitted with a specially developed 900 h.p. racing Lion engine, and the car was taken to Daytona Beach, Florida USA. On 19th February 1928, the record was raised to 206.96 miles per hour.

Returning to the U.K., Campbell won the 1928 Brooklands 200 mile race on 21st July, driving a Delage.

In 1929, a Napier Arrol Aster engine was fitted, & the car taken to Verneuk Pan in South Africa, but this car was not faster than the Golden Arrow.

Cards (from Left to Right)

1. "Die Welt in Bildern", Josetti, 1929 - The 1928 car

2. "Speed", Wills, 1930 - The 1929 car

3. "Sports", R&J Hill, 1928/9 - The 1928 car at Brooklands

The 1931 Napier Railton Blue Bird was designed by Reid Railton, and fitted with a 1,350 b.h.p. supercharged Napier Lion engine.
At Daytona Beach, on 5th February 1931 the record was increased to 246.09 miles per hour.

Cards (from Left to Right)

1 & 2. "Les Merveilles du Monde", Nestle, 1930's

3. "Motor Races of 1931", Ogdens, 1931

4. "Speed through the Ages", Wix, 1935

The 1931 Blue Bird was modified for the 1932 attempts, and at Daytona on 24th February 1932, the record was lifted to 253.97 miles per hour.

Cards (from Left to Right)

1. "Handbuch des Sports", Sanella, 1930's

2. "Speed", D.C.Thomson, 1937

3. "British Marvels", Cadbury, 1932

4. Unknown sereies, 1950's

The 1933 Railton Rolls-Royce Blue Bird was powered by a 2,500 h.p. Rolls-Royce "R" aero engine.
On 22nd February 1933, Malcolm Campbell drove this to a new record of 272.46 miles per hour at Daytona Beach.

Cards (from Left to Right)

1. "Das Auto von Heute", Garbaty, 1930's

2. "Veteran Racing Cars", Amaran, 1965

3. "Champions", Gallaher, 1934

4. Amalgamated Press, 1930's

5. "Famous Cars", Top Sellers, 1971

The 1935 Railton Rolls-Royce Blue Bird was also powered by a 2,500 h.p. Rolls-Royce "R" aero engine, and featured a new aerodynamic bodywork, and twin rear wheels. At Daytona Beach on 7th March 1935, the record was marginally raised to 276.71 miles per hour.

Later in the year, the car was taken to the new land speed record site, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
On 3rd September 1935, the 300 mph barrier was broken, with a new record of 301.13 miles per hour.

1935 Bluebird

1. "Sports", Nestle, 1938-9

2. "Speed: Land, Sea & Air", State Express, 1935

3. "Sporting Events & Stars", Senior Service, 1935

4. "This Mechanised Age", Godfrey Phillips, 1936

5. "Sports & Racing Cars", Sanitarium, 1958

6. "Automobile", Panini, 1971

7. "Record Breakers", Amalgamated Press, 1935

8. "Cars of the World", Barratt, 1965

9. "Speed through the Ages", Wix, 1935

10. "Modern Inventions", Rothmans, 1935

11. "World on Wheels", Nestle Australia, 1960

Malcolm Campbell

Sir Malcolm Campbell

1. "Durch alle Welt", Trumpf, 1930's

2. "Monde des Autos", Jacques, 1966

3. "Sports", Nestle, 1935-6

4. "Speed Champions", Godfrey Phillips, 1930

5. "Sporting Celebrities", Major Drapkin, 1930

6. "Champions of 1936", Ogdens, 1937

7. "Sportsmen of the World", Amalgamated Press, 1934

8. "Popular Personalities", Carreras, 1935

9. "Sports Champions", State Express, 1935

10. "A Gallery of 1935", Mitchell, 1936

11. "Sporting Personalities", Gallaher, 1936

12. "Kings of Speed", Churchmans, 1939

13. "Celebrities of Sport", R&J Hill, 1939

14. "Brennpunkte des Deutschen Sports", Muratti, 1930's

15. "Celebrities in Sport", Pattreiouex, 1928/9

16. Sir Malcolm Campbell, Unknown

17. "124 Sir Campbell", Unknown

18. "Sporting Celebrities", Churchman, 1931/2

19. "Record Breakers", Amalgamated Press, 1935

20. "Speed through the Ages", Wix, 1935

21. "National Motor Museum", Quaker Oats, 1974

22. "Sports", R&J Hill, 1928/9

Web Links

http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/index.asp

http://www.sirmalcolmcampbell.com

http://www.bluebird-electric.net/sir_malcolm_campbell.htm

http://www.britainunlimited.com/Biogs/CampbellM.htm

http://www.bluebirdteamracing.net/bluebirdsupportersclub/pla/pendine.html

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/world_land_speed_record_21.htm

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/Cars/Sunbeam/Speed.htm

http://www.speedace.info/malcolm_campbell.htm