John Cobb (Motorist)
Napier-Railton, Oliver Bertram, Reciprocating engine, Railton Special, Land speed record
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Rhodes Cobb was a British racing motorist. He made money as a director of fur brokers Anning, Chadwick and Kiver and could afford to specialise in large capacity motor-racing. He was born and lived in Esher, Surrey, near the Brooklands race track. He held the ultimate lap record at the track, driving the 24-litre Napier Railton at an average speed of 143.44 mph achieved on 7 October 1935, regaining it from his friend Oliver Bertram. Driving the piston-engined, wh...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Rhodes Cobb was a British racing motorist. He made money as a director of fur brokers Anning, Chadwick and Kiver and could afford to specialise in large capacity motor-racing. He was born and lived in Esher, Surrey, near the Brooklands race track. He held the ultimate lap record at the track, driving the 24-litre Napier Railton at an average speed of 143.44 mph achieved on 7 October 1935, regaining it from his friend Oliver Bertram. Driving the piston-engined, wheel-driven Railton Special he broke the land speed record at Bonneville on August 23, 1939, achieving a mark of 367.91 mph. Without this being beaten he raised the record to 394.19 mph in 1947. During the Second World War he served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, and between 1943 and 1945 in the Air Transport Auxiliary. He reached the rank of group captain
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