Inspiration (car)
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Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the British Steam Car Challenge team.[1][2]
Inspiration holds the World
Stanley Steamer.[4]
On 26 August 2009 the car, driven by Don Wales, broke a second record by achieving an average speed of 148.308 mph (239 km/h) over two consecutive runs over a measured kilometre.
The runs were made at
litres (8.8 Impgal) of water per minute).[5]
The car has been retired to the National Motor Museum Trust at Beaulieu, England.[6]
Notes
- ^ BSCC teamsteamcar.co.uk Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Land Speed Record Breakers August 2009 '...The Royal Automobile Club Recognises World Land Speed Record Breaking Team...' Archived 2014-07-06 at the Wayback Machine steamcar.co.uk, accessed 1 December 2018
- ^ "Charles Burnett III, British-born speed king, dies in helicopter crash". BBC News. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ Glaskin, Max, Steam-powered car breaks century-old speed record, 25 August 2009, retrieved 1 December 2018
- ^ Vehicle design details steamcar.co.uk, accessed 1 December 2018
- ^ British Steam Car ‘Inspiration’ nationalmotormuseum.org.uk, accessed 1 December 2018