Henry Segrave
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Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave was an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Segrave, who set three land and one water record, was the first person to hold both titles simultan
Segrave at the Grand Prix Sunbeams 1921, 1922 TT
Segrave at the 1922 French Grand Prix held in Strasbourg.
Segrave's Golden Arrow at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.
Segrave aboard Miss Alacrity in 1929.
Golden Arrow (car)
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Golden Arrow is a land speed record racer that was built in Britain to regain the world land speed record from the United States. Henry Segrave drove the car at 231.45 mph in March 1929 on Daytona Bea
Henry Segrave
…11 March 1929, Segrave set his final land speed record, again at Daytona Beach. Using a new car designed for him by Captain Jack Irving and named the Golden Arrow he set a new record of 231.45 miles per hour (372.48 km/h). Segrave never attempted another land speed record after witnessing the high-speed death of…
The Irving-Napier Golden Arrow at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
The Golden Arrow in 1929
A Napier Lion II engine cutaway