BBC News - Electric car Bluebird's record bid at Pendine in Wales: "The grandson of a famous speed enthusiast is attempting to break the UK land speed record for electric cars on a Carmarthenshire beach.
Don Wales, whose late grandfather Sir Malcolm Campbell and uncle Donald Campbell both hold world speed records, will try to break the 137mph barrier at Pendine Sands.
He will compete against his son Joe in the speed bid this weekend.
The team hopes to bid for the world speed record in 2013.
The vehicle is being tested at at Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, on Thursday afternoon.
Sir Malcolm Campbell himself set a record in a combustion engine on the same beach, Pendine Sands, with a speed of 146mph in 1924.
His son and Mr Wales' uncle, Donald Campbell, took the water speed record to 152 mph in 1950, but died in a further attempt in 1967."
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