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Lydston Hornsted, (Lydston
Granville Hornsted), L.G.
Hornsted, Cupid, (1883–1957), was the
first British holder of the
World Land
speed record, which...
- At
Brooklands on 24 June 1914, land
speed racer British driver Lydston Hornsted, in
Blitzen Benz No 3, set a
record with an
average speed of 200.7 kilometres...
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using electronic timing June 24, 1914 Brooklands,
United Kingdom Lydston Hornsted Benz No. 3 200 hp (150 kW)
Internal combustion: 21.5 L (1,310 cu in) inline-4...
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Rollason Singer 6
Engine Ret 39
Bramwell Heywood Singer 5
Crash Ret 26 L G
Hornsted Calthorpe 5
Gearbox Ret 9 René
Champoiseau Th.
Schneider 4 Ret 8 Léon Molon...
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Schneider +1:10:15.4 10 6 René
Croquet Th.
Schneider +1:18:55.8 11 11
Sigurd Hornsted Excelsior +1:43:43.8 Ret 19
Kenelm Lee
Guinness Sunbeam 15
Crash Ret 17...
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official record of 124.09
miles per hour (199.70 km/h) set by
Lydston Hornsted on June 24, 1914, in a 200 hp car.
Morton F.C. (now
Greenock Morton) won...
- 1964 and the
other half
closed in 1996.
British racing driver Lydston Hornsted set a new land
speed record in
excess of 200
kilometers per hour driving...
