Bob Burman, Blitzen Benz, Daytona Beach

Summary

With a streamlined body and a 200-horsepower engine that displaced 1,312 cubic inches, the Blitzen Benz was built to do one thing: break land speed records. On April 23, 1911, Bob Burman did just that when he drove a Blitzen Benz at an average of 141.732 miles per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida. Burman's record stood until 1919.

With a streamlined body and a 200-horsepower engine that displaced 1,312 cubic inches, the Blitzen Benz was built to do one thing: break land speed records. On April 23, 1911, Bob Burman did just that when he drove a Blitzen Benz at an average of 141.732 miles per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida. Burman's record stood until 1919.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

23 April 1911

Collection Title

Phil Harms Collection 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.103.P.1242.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in

Width: 10.00 in

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