Father & Son Campbells Bluebird CN7 403.10 mph wheel driven streamliner

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 Great web site

 Father and son LSR racing a long history

http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/index.asp

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 First wheel driven streamliner to 400mph

 BlueBird CN7

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More CN7 Bluebird info and pictures

[Bville701]

There are still many GREAT father and son/s teams on the salt. It is a great family sport, and I'm glad to be part of such a great LSR family.

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 Picture Bluebird CN7 Proteus (1963)

Special thanks to Sebastien Morliere

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Bluebird Crash

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There are still many GREAT father and son/s teams on the salt. It is a great family sport, and I'm glad to be part of such a great LSR family.

Father and Son LSR racing teams

Its a great thing in life to be able to race together with your father they should make a thread with each team. It would give others ideas of how they started there LSR projects together and there records. I raced with my father before he passed away in 2003 through the Factory A/FX and the early Pro Stock area to todays full blown alcohol 6 second 200mph effort. Its a special deal in life no question about it and here its amazing

[MAZDA1807]

There are still many GREAT father and son/s teams on the salt. It is a great family sport, and I'm glad to be part of such a great LSR family.

Father and Son LSR racing teams

Its a great thing in life to be able to race together with your father they should make a thread with each team. It would give others ideas of how they started there LSR projects together and there records. I raced with my father before he passed away in 2003 through the Factory A/FX and the early Pro Stock area to todays full blown alcohol 6 second 200mph effort. Its a special deal in life no question about it and here its amazing

I am also glad to be part of one of these teams.  the Blue Bird was a pretty big car wasn't it?  what was the wheelbase on that thing?

[Dynoroom]

First wheel driven streamliner to 400mph

 BlueBird CN7

Actually Donald Campbell and the Bluebird were the first to set a wheel driven "record" over 400 mph.

John Cobb would be very disappointed to hear that his 403.1 mph pass on the way to a 394.196 mph record in 1939 was not the first 400 mph pass.

Research and take the time to learn the history.

[Bville701]

Most of the cars were pretty big in those days. I've seen the Railton (not sure how to spell it) up close and it was a pretty big car.  Also, it was interesting that the Railton's body was all one piece.

[MAZDA1807]

One piece shell, that's pretty good boy worrk!!

[Dynoroom]

It's interesting to note that Donald Campbell said he was going to run 500 mph.

Sure looked like he had the car to do it. Definitely had the power.

Wonder why they failed? Read the book "Bluebird and the Dead Lake"

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One piece shell, that's pretty good boy worrk!!

Here is some info on  John Cobb
http://www.speedace.info/john_cobb.htm

[MAZDA1807]

Just trying to scale the body of the Railton Mobil Special, it looks to be about 22ft. long.  Thats A LOT of body work.

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First wheel driven streamliner to 400mph

 BlueBird CN7

Actually Donald Campbell and the Bluebird were the first to set a wheel driven "record" over 400 mph.

John Cobb would be very disappointed to hear that his 403.1 mph pass on the way to a 394.196 mph record in 1939 was not the first 400 mph pass.

Research and take the time to learn the history.

I think you need to do the research

Campbell and his team returned to Lake Eyre in 1964, but the surface never returned to the promise it had held in 1962 and Campbell had to battle with CN7 to reach record speeds (over 400 mph (640 km/h)). After more light rain in June, the lake finally began to dry enough for an attempt to be made. On 17 July 1964, Campbell set a record of 403.10 mph (648.73 km/h) for a four-wheeled vehicle (Class A). Campbell was disappointed with the record as the vehicle had been designed for much higher speeds. CN7 covered the final third of the measured mile at an average of 429 mph (690 km/h), peaking as it left the measured distance at over 440 mph (710 km/h).