Saturday 29th June 1907
Selwyn Edge completed a single-handed 24 hour drive to celebrate the opening of the Brooklands Track, Surrey, England. Resting only when his 60 hp Napier had to be refueled or provided with fresh tyres, he covered 1,581 miles 1,310 yards at an average speed of 65.905 mph and afterwards drove back to his hotel in Cobham. During the run 24 tyres were changed. Such was the advantage of the banked Brooklands track that the Napier’s 24 hour distance record would stand until the fourth running of the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1926. Edge also pushed the one hour distance record to 70.07 miles in same attempt.
