{"id":73419,"date":"2021-06-29T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T12:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=73419"},"modified":"2021-07-02T07:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T07:30:33","slug":"rolls-royce-landspeed-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/rolls-royce-landspeed-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls-Royce Landspeed Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Based on the Wraith Black Badge and Dawn Black Badge models, a total of 60 examples of the Landspeed Collection will be produced, 25 Dawn and 35 Wraith. With these special edition models, the British luxury brand is commemorating the speed records set by British engineer Captain George Eyston. In 1937 and 1938, he set the world record three times on the Bonneville Salt Flats with various upgrades of his Thunderbolt powered by Rolls-Royce V12 aircraft engines. Nevertheless, his memory was soon lost. Today, people are more familiar with the record-breaking runs of Sir Malcolm Campbell. He, too, used Rolls-Royce engines three times. Now the British brand is trying to refresh the memory of George Eyston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First time in Bonneville in 1935<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Eyston was born in 1897 and was fascinated by car and motorcycle racing from an early age. He participated in related events while still in high school. His engineering studies were interrupted by World War 1. During this time he served in the British Army, rising to the rank of Captain and receiving the Military Cross. In the 1920s and 30s, he was again active as a racing driver and worked as an inventor and designer. Supercharger developments earned him patents. In 1935, he made his first trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats and set new records for 24 and 48 hour endurance drives. This earned him the Segrave Trophy, awarded to Britons who demonstrate exceptional performance and courage on land, water and in the air. He returned to Bonneville two years later with his own car, Thunderbolt. His records earned him the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (France) and the Order of the British Empire (OBE).<\/p>\n\n\n

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