The special racing version of the White steam car, driven by Webb Jay, defeated a Fiat and a Thomas in a match race at the Morris Park Dirt Track in the Bronx, New York, lowering the world’s mile record to 48


Tuesday 4th July 1905

The special racing version of the White steam car, driven by Webb Jay, defeated a Fiat and a Thomas in a match race at the Morris Park Dirt Track in the Bronx, New York, lowering the world’s mile record to 48.6 seconds. Known as ‘Whistling Billy’, the racer was manufactured by the White Motor Company of Cleveland Ohio, US.


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