SOLUTION: When was the first time a car is driven more than 300 miles per hour?

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Question 920898: When was the first time a car is driven more than 300 miles per hour?

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according to Wise Geek:
an English racing motorist and motoring journalist
The world land speed record was again broken by Sir Malcolm Campbell. (1925) Campbell was the first to drive a car faster than 150 miles per hour (241 kilometers per hour). In this race, he averaged 150.33 miles per hour (242 kilometers per hour), driving a Sunbeam at Pendine Sands in Wales. Campbell broke nine land-speed records and was also the first person to drive a car more than 300 miles per hour (482.8 kilometers per hour).
Wikipedia:
He set his final land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on 3 September 1935, and was the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, averaging 301.337mph (484.955 km/h) in two passes.