1920 Sunbeam 350 hp racing car Benz Velo Sir Francis Burdett is seated

Sir Francis Burdett is seated high up on a platform at the back of the car

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1920 Sunbeam 350 hp racing car Benz Velo Sir Francis Burdett is seated1920 Sunbeam 350 hp racing car. This Sunbeam began a new era of aero engined Land Speed Record cars. The car was first raced at Brooklands in 1920 and two years later Kenelm Lee Guinness drove it to a new World Land Speed Record of 129. 171 mph (207. 88 kph) on the Brooklands track. This was the last time Brooklands was used for this purpose. Then the greatest of all record breakers, Malcolm Campbell, bought the car, renamed it Bluebird and went on to