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The first one past 200? Steam!
The Stanley Streamer Rocket was a steam-powered car built to break the land speed record in 1906, reaching 205.44 km/h with driver Fred Marriott.
Aerodynamically perfect, conceived as an overturned canoe specifically to break the land speed record, on 26th January 1906 the steam-powered Stanley Streamer Rocket, driven by Fred Marriott, reached 205.44 km/h.
Fred Marriott driving the Stanley at over 200 km/h
In this case, the Stanley brothers who built the car did not run the risk of actually driving it, instead relying on a “Hamilton” of the time to considerable success: from January 24th to 26th he broke the record several times until he becoming the first man to travel two miles in less than a minute.
