Golden Arrow (land speed racer)

Golden Arrow (land speed racer)

Infobox Automobile generation
name = Golden Arrow


production = one-off (1928)
body_style = front-engined land speed record car.
engine = 925 hp, 23.9 litre naturally-aspirated Napier Lion W12 aero engine,
ice cooling, no radiator
transmission=3-speed, final drive through twin driveshafts running either side of driver
designer=J.S. Irving

Golden Arrow was a land speed record racer.

Built for Major Henry Segrave to take the LSR from Ray Keech, "Golden Arrow" was one of the first streamlined land speed racers. With a pointed nose and tight cowling over the 23.9 liter (1461 ci) W12 Napier Lion VIIA aeroengine.cite book
chapter=Golden Arrow
title=World of Automobiles
location=London
publisher=Orbis Publishing Ltd.
date=1974
volume=Volume 7
pages=p. 799] Specially prepared by Napiers, and originally intended for the Schneider Trophy, it produced 925 hp (690 kW) at 3300 rpmcite book
author=Tom Northey.
chapter=Land Speed Record
title=World Of Automobiles
location=London
publisher=Orbis Publishing Ltd.
date=1974
volume=Volume 10
pages=pp.1161-66] (bmep=151.9psi).The Thrupp and Maberly aluminium bodywork was designed by ex-Sunbeam engineer J.S. Irving, and featured ice chests in the sides through which coolant ran and a telescopic sight on the cowl to help avoid running diagonally.

In March 1929, Segrave went to Daytona, and after a sole practice run, on 11 March, in front of 120,000 spectators, set a new flying mile at 231.45 mph (372.46 km/h), easily beating Keech's old speed of 207.55 mph (334.00 km/h). Two days later, Lee Bible's "White Triplex" crashed and killed a photographer, leading Segrave to quit land speed racing briefly, only to be killed attempting a water speed record the next year. "Golden Arrow" never ran again. She is now on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.

References

* cite web
title=Golden Arrow, between earlier and later land speed record cars at Beaulieu
url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/twopsgoss/414632934/in/pool-79693942@N00/
publisher= [http://www.flickr.com/photos/twopsgoss/ twopsgoss] cite web
url=http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/motormuseum/collection.cfm
title=National Motor Museum collection
publisher=National Motor Museum ]


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