Fred Marriott

Fred Marriott

Fred Marriott was an American race car driver. In 1906, he set the world land speed record at 127.659 mph (205.5 km/h) at the Daytona Beach Road Course, while driving the Stanley Steamer. [http://www.birthplaceofspeed2006.com/fred_marriott.htm Biography] at the Birthplace of Speed, Retrieved March 15 2007] [ [http://www.steamcar.co.uk/Challenge/Record.htm steamcar.co.uk] , Retrieved March 15 2007] This garnered him the Dewar Trophy in the process. The steam car is the longest-standing officially recognized land speed record.

He attempted to break his record at Daytona in 1907 but hit a rut. The car sailed in the air and broke in half upon impact. He was injured and did not make another attempt to break the record after he recovered.

In 2004 a British Team called [http://www.steamcar.co.uk Inspiration] set up designed and built their own steam powered car with the aim of breaking the record and raising it to convert|200|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on.

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