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Englishman Donald Campbell drove the Proteus-Bluebird CN7 to a four-wheel, petrol-powered land-speed record with two identical runs of 403 mph at Lake Eyre, South Australia.

Friday 17th July 1964

Englishman Donald Campbell drove the Proteus-Bluebird CN7 to a four-wheel, petrol-powered land-speed record with two identical runs of 403 mph at Lake Eyre, South Australia.

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