Blitzen Benz record-breaker - painting by Andrew McGeachy
The Blitzen Benz car, built in Mannheim by Benz and Cie running a full speed. At Brooklands on November 9, 1909, at the Brooklands circuit at Weybridge, Surrey, French driver Victor Hemery set a record with an average speed of 126.0 mph over a kilometre, following 1911 by Bob Burman breaking the mile record mark (141.7 mph) at Daytona Beach, a mark which stood until 1919
Picture No
10957490
Media ID
44364844
Size
5500px x 3515px
(2.2MB)
Credit
© Andrew McGeachy / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Painting by Andrew McGeachy
Date
circa 1910
