Kaye Don
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Kaye Ernest Donsky, better known by his nom de course Kaye Don, was an Irish world record breaking car and speedboat racer. He became a motorcycle dealer on his retirement from road racing and set up
Kaye Don in 1933
The Sunbeam Silver Bullet
On 18 July 1932, Kaye attracted 20,000 spectators when setting a water world speed record of 119.81 mph on Loch Lomond, using Miss England III.
Model of Miss England II at the Science Museum, London
Garfield Wood
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Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to trav
Kaye Don
…in last year's Miss America VIII), and the "Englishman" Kaye Don, driving Lord Wakefield's powerboat Miss England II. While preparing for the race, Gar Wood became the first man to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h) on water but three days later, Kaye Don became a new water speed world record holder by beating Wood…
Garfield Wood in 1938
Miss America 2, a triple Liberty V-12-powered 1921 Harmsworth Trophy winner, and second of nine Miss Americas built for Wood