Sunday 11 March 2012

The king of speed | On this day | ESPN F1

The king of speed | On this day | ESPN F1: "1885
The birth of British speed legend Sir Malcolm Campbell who was a national hero between the wars for the various land and water speed records he broke in his iconic Bluebird vehicles. In 1927 and 1928 he won the Grand Prix de Boulogne in France driving a Bugatti T39A. In 1926 he finished second in the inaugural British Grand Prix. In 1924 he broke the land-speed record - the first of nine land records he held - at Pendine Sands in Wales."

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