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J G Parry Thomas, driving the Thomas Special ‘Babs’ at the Pendine Sands in Wales, raised the land speed record to 170

Wednesday 28th April 1926

J G Parry Thomas, driving the Thomas Special ‘Babs’ at the Pendine Sands in Wales, raised the land speed record to 170.624 mph to break his own one day old record.

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