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FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L I AUTOMOBILE COMMISSION HISTORIQUE INTERNATIONALE Réunion du Mardi 6 Octobre 1987 à 9.30, à PARIS Question 4 LISTE DES RECORDS: APPROBATION DEFINITIVE DU PROJET DU COMTE SEHERR-THOSS "-\. , IV C • n ten t s HISTORY of AUTOMOBILE HISTORY of the INTERNATIONAL W 0 R L D RECORDS C LAS S RECORDS The Courses Otto Cla.ss.K 53 cycle The Regulations J 55 Lists of the first I 58 World Records li 61f- The Distances . 7- G 70 Records with flying a F 1If• start TB The Land Speed Re• 9 E cord for Automobiles D 82 10 km flying start 19 C 86 (_ 10 miles flying start 2.0 B 91 Standing Kilometre 26 Diesel Flying start 95 10 km standing start 21- absolute Standing Kilometre 96 Standing Mile 28 The Hour, 24 Hours 9"1- Standing Quartermile 30 10000 Kilometres 98 100 Kilometres 31 Class D 99 The Hour E ~03 24 Hours F ,fo6 5000 Kilometres 48 Hours 72 Hours 10000 Kilom.etres 25000 Kilometres '- 50000 Kilometres 100000 Kilometres 100000.Miles World track records Literatu=e about Records £;0 F'ED:ERATION IN~l:E.hlfÀJ:IONALE DE L' AUT01iOBILE INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL COhThlISSION *********************************** Meeting on March 20 and 21, 1986 ----------------~----------in EPSOM (GB) ----- History of Automobile World Records ======================================= With the WISE data bank in sight the computing of automobile records is of considerable interesto The CHI Bureau contacted the FISA/Record Com• mission and offered the files about the develop• ment of the autoflobile records from their begin• ning up to the present timeo The Record Commis• sion agreedo The CHI carry out their offer with this paper dealing with the history of the clas• sic world records. The courses The automobile records began at the end of 1898 with the abso• lute land speed record on the first measured kilo:netre in Achères near Paris, built a~d carried out by the ACF. This activity faced considerable interest in the public and de- l- veloped to an import&~t branch as test and bench for the advanced autoIJobile we know today. After some other places in FTance and Belgium, Brooklands bad been built by Hugh F. ~ocke-King (t 1926) and opened in 1907. This test bench for the British motor-manufacturers gave the idea of enlarging the numb e.rof records dur-Lngthese test r1.L.YJ.s'l'h.etrack made it possible to travel at high speed over any distance J ,oecauoe OI~lL;-, S tv/a 'naruc1 a.- ng s on ,::n- 5 rad-lUS.1),,c.esl. gned' Dy Co.1 R.CoL. Holden (one lap = 2 miles 1350 yards or 4452 metres). The record business -b6e;anLmrned Lat eLy with a classic record the 24 hours by S ..F. Edge, 'who was the first to use the detachable Rudge wheel30 The last records in Brooklan~s had been driven in 1939. 1) 465 and 304 metres - 2 - The second important autodrome was Linas-Montlhéry, built by Alexandre Lamblin. The first records were attempted in 1924 over 24 hour-s by Gros and Martin on a Bignan. The banked track (2548 metres) with a radius of 265 m allowed lap speeds of 250 km/ho Montlhéry developed as the most successful record track ever. The last record attempts occured here in 1973. The Avus in Berlin, opened 1921, was a fast course of 19 573 m per lap'otwo turns with with a radius of 143 m (north) and banked under 12 • Owing to these conditions only very few record at• tempts had been carried out. Lap speed 260 km/h. No further record attempts after 1935. The test bench for Italy is Monza track, built in 1922 by Arturo Mercanti (1875-1936), Sen. Silvio Crespi (1868-1944)0 . and Pietro Puricelli (1883-1951). The banked track under 21 (4500 m) had radii of 324 and 318 m and a lap speed of 220 km/ho In theonew shape of 1955 (4 250 m) the banked track was under 38 with the radii of 318 and 324 m to al~ow a lap speed of over 280 km/ho This track is still there. ) The circle of Nardo nr. Brindisi/I since 1976 measures . 12 640.26 m with a.radius of 2 km, max. lap speed is 410 km/ho Miramas nr. Marseille, opened 1924, became famous with extra long distance records. One lap is 5014.822 m with a radius of approxo 959 m. Indianap~, USA, built in 1909 with a length of 2.5 miles = 4023035 m, two corners, slightly banked, giving a lap speed of 230 km/ho Used for American stock-car and some long-dura- tion international records.Four straights of 0.62 miles and 183 yd After the beaches in Florida between 1905 and 1935 came the records on the flats near Salt Lake City/iendover, Utah, cal- led Bonneville after the militar~ engineer and explorer Capto Benjamin L.E. Bonneville (t 1878). One lap of the three cir- cuits in 1936-39 was 10 to 12 ¥2 miles with a radius of 1,6 to 2 miles, inaugurated by Salt lake City's Mayor David Abbot Jenkins in 1932. The straight for short distance records is 13 miles. International NASCAR Daytona Beach S~eedway, since 1959~ One lap is 3976.22 m with three bends, banked under 2 x 31 and 18., max. straight is 1200 metres. Adapted for duration re• cords, maxo lap speed is 290 km/ho 1) The 10 km road circuit has an Rmax = 320 m (curva grande), an R. = 100 m and a width of 10-12 metreso This combined nn,n circuit allowed a speed of 200 km/ho 3 TO ."r""N(ï! fIOQ 'l'lCT.HOIIS. 1000UNC£ fOil "f"II£IIS (I'oor) ____ TO WEveRlOGe. ~.S.W.R, MAIN I.INI . TO BASINIDSTOKi.- \...... BROOKLANDS TRACK 1907-39 I Linas-Montlhéry 1924 I. L Monza 1955 ~~ART ......... N~.s.H • • Bonneville Salt Fla~s 1936-: The ~gulations The RAC and the BARC introduced the first record regulations which had been drawn up by Major Fo Lindsay Lloyd (t 1940) as Brooklands Clerk of the Courseo The AIACR agreed and set up in . 1911 the running in two directions in the case of flying start, The timing apparatus had to keep 1/100 of a second for short· distances, 1/5 sec. for the longer ranges. These instruments must be approved nationally and by the AIACR internationally. 'The condition was to tape 1/100 o~ a second connected with a writing instru• ment to record the results and an automatic release which touched the front wheels whilst the vehicle passed the finishing line. The first timekeeping apparatus recognized by the AIACRwas • 1910 apparatus by Col. H.C.L.,Holden, Brooklands 1925 apparatus by L. Leroy & Cie Paris (Brillié/Leroy) 1927 apparatus by the stewart Warner Instrument Compo USA (Charles H. Warner) for Indianapolis 1928 apparatus by F.Lo Loebner, Berlin W 9. 1928 Brillie/Leroy developed an apparatus with 'a beam of light which registered automatically 3 to 4 passages per second. 1/1000 of a second were also registered in high speed record attempts in the early stages. The official timekeepers in the different countries had to be recognized by the AIACR like the apparatus. The member clubs had to giV~~etailed report of the record attempts to the AIACRo ':=, ... WORLD'S RECORDS. the following is a complete list of World's Records, all of which have been established at 8rooklands :- Holder. Dti"t'Cf. )I.,A,C. )l.atin, Time iD Speed, Da... and type. 0£1:S, ....p.b, V, H....cry Half·mile (erinl start)' ICullu!!) and Ni •• n'ja,. .. ,1 ~:' s..", (4oql.) I.'<>76 l'7"ln ,th N.,.. '0 '9<'9, Half·mil<:('lAndln' .tul) ICul'u .. and !'iinn· >.<. V,H<", .., ,.. ~ S,s..n. " .~'~O(i 7'>'406 One kilo ...... (lly"', .tu,) I Cullum ""d !'i,ycn· .,. V, H.m.ry '''I ~'S Bene 17'~t "S'947 One ltil_'CN( .. "ndl1ll.t.arr~ Cullum."d l"'",n.Jack v, H.may ... a." Bene 3' ')>6 7"409 One mik (erin, 'Lart) ,." Cullu., .nd NI.on'JloCk , V, H,mcry .., a.'1 BenI ),'OS5 115'9') 0... aile (.l&tId"" .tarI) ... Cullum and Ni ve n- JOIoCk ,V, Hcmay ~'S fk= ..t',6r8 1]")3 , , h. aun. lite. '.50 ... 1ca ,., J, C, Chr"""on. ... ' J. C, Chrütiacn, '" 4~'0 Elcel,i ... (xyl) _ 0 "9 "'OS 'st~ Hoy" 19". ·'00 1IIi~ ... , W. M. L<IU \T, He_,.., .. 59'8 Lorn.inc·(Jietticb 1 '2"119 '7Ùl Nerr" '911. (4<"11.) "so mil.. ... W, M, Letts V. H.mcry 1 3' 9T97 "'59'6(4oql.)Lomo.in<,D"crich , IIQO mil.. ...j W. M, L<m ' V, Hcmay '" 59 6 Lamine, Dietrich (4~)J ) - ')00 mil .. (eying ,,"UI) ..,[ R, \liurin.". C, M, Smitb '..I 59:81bam.. (6-<)'1 ) )0 r7''\4 i 5tb NDY'o '1)09, • sec milu (1l.&ndmi 'UlI) .. ,: W, M, um V, H.may ..., ~9 6 Lcrraiee-Djetrich 4 :H 2)'87! 27Lh Ncv., 1912• i (4·cyl,) ·500 mil... .. ,1 w, M. Lem ..,! V, Hcmay _' 59"6 I...ornin •• Di .. ricb '?lb Nov" '912 . : (4·eyl.) ,8 J!"7! '600mil.. ,..: L. COIlul.n ,., .., L, Coat;.ltn and T, H, Ricbud, ,)0', ~unlxam (xyl,l 7 57 59'~5 7S'P ISt~t., '911. .;000 mile> ... ; L. Cao(.;ll.n ..' : L, C""(.;ll.n And T, H, Riclarcl< I )0', Sun~.. 9 t6 :H en 75'46 'Il00 mil.. ...I L, Coa,.lcn ,.
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