SUNBEAM 1,000-HORSEPOWER LAND SPEED RECORD BREAKER

Posted on August 16, 2026 by MartynL

On March 29th, 1927, Major Henry Segrave drove his SUNBEAM 1,000-HORSEPOWER LAND SPEED RECORD BREAKER on the old Daytona Beach course, hitting 203.792 mph! Powered by a pair of 22.5-liter Matabele V12 aircraft engines, Segrave’s Sunbeam racecar - also known as the Slug (British slang after WWI for bullet) was the first car in the world to clock over 200 mph! It has been restored and will be shown and started up today for the first time, headlining the Special Curated Class at the 75th anniversa...

CHRYSLER 300: LETTER SERIES SUPERCARS

Posted on June 19, 2025June 19, 2025 by MartynL

Chrysler jumped on the performance bandwagon in 1955 with its 300-horsepower C-300, kicking off a decade of CHRYSLER 300: LETTER SERIES SUPERCARS. Chrysler’s letter-series entry in the 1955 horsepower wars, weighing in at more than 4,500 pounds, could accelerate to 60 mph in the 9s and top out at 130 mph. In NASCAR competition, Kiekhaefer’s legendary Chrysler C-300s were the cars to beat. Chrysler’s Hemi, one of the most successful engines in American racing history, was unstoppable on ...