Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston MC OBE (28 June 1897 – 11 June 1979) was a British engineer, inventor, and racing driver best known for breaking the...

Eyston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Eyston (1628–1709), English Franciscan friar Charles Eyston (1667–1721), English...

at Bonneville November 19, 1937 Bonneville Salt Flats, United States George Eyston Thunderbolt Internal combustion: 2 × 36.7 L (2,240 cu in) V12 Rolls-Royce...

R19 by Lord Wakefield, and R39 by Rolls-Royce. He then lent R17 to George Eyston. Once he had achieved the 300 mph (480 km/h) record on 3 September 1935...

by Captain George E.T. Eyston. Between 1937 and 1939, the competition for the Land Speed Record was between two Englishmen: Captain Eyston and John Cobb...

century. Notable members of the Eyston family include Charles Eyston, a 17th-century antiquarian, and Captain George Eyston, who held the world land speed...

cars of the 1930s. They were most notably, but not always, driven by George Eyston. Although of small engine capacity, they were frequently supercharged...

A series of experimental cars had also been made allowing Captain George Eyston to take several world speed records. In spite of the formal racing ban...

V12 to diesel operation using single sleeve valve technology: Captain George Eyston used the new engine in the Flying Spray, which, at 159 miles per hour...

"Sammy" Davis, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Prince Bira, George Eyston, Richard Seaman, Kaye Don, George Formby, Phil Hill, Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Nigel...

Record holder (B141AE, B206GA, B22GA) Billy Cotton, bandleader (B125DG) George Eyston, three time World Land Speed Record holder (B24DG, B82GA) E.R. Hall...

people.elmbridgehundred.org.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024. JOHN COBB AND GEORGE EYSTON MATERIAL - SOUND, 4 August 2015, retrieved 20 March 2024 Rowbotham,...

Ferdinand Porsche first targeted a speed of 550 km/h (342 mph), but after George Eyston's and John Cobb's successful LSR runs of 1938 and 1939 the target speed...

sleeve-valve diesel engine designed for Rolls-Royce by Harry Ricardo 1930. In a car driven by George Eyston it held the diesel land speed record until 1950....

record-breaking car of the 1930s, built for and driven by Captain George Eyston. The car was designed by Eyston and E A D Eldridge, then built by the father of Tom...

final entry was the Halford Special, recently sold by Frank Halford to George Eyston. Earlier in the weekend, Divo had won the Course de Formula Libre in...

George Eyston, the land speed record holder. Supercharging first appeared on production MGs with the C type or Montlhéry Midget, inspired by Eyston's...

who had raced for Delage the previous year. The other entries were George Eyston for Aston Martin and aircraft designer Maj Frank Halford in his own...

Charles Eyston (22 September 1667 – 5 November 1721) was an English antiquary. As a scholar he became a friend of Thomas Hearne, who wrote of him: "He...

supercharged, straight 8 ran at Le Mans, driven by Edouard Brisson, George Eyston (of land speed racing fame), and co-drivers Philippe de Rothschild and...

location for such events, and in attracting overseas drivers such as George Eyston and Sir Malcolm Campbell to compete there. He drove the Duesenberg "Mormon...

designer/engineer and racing driver) Ernest Eldridge (racing driver) George Eyston (racing driver) Dudley Froy (racing driver and pilot) Claude Grahame-White...

was killed just three months later at Monza. Philippe Étancelin and George Eyston, both in privateer Alfa Romeos, finished in second and third, respectively...

ahead of the Alfa Romeo, with the Biondetti/Parenti Maserati third. Birkin/Eyston were the first privateers home in fourth, while the cars of Divo and Nuvolari...

instead to focus on attaining speed and endurance records. In April, George Eyston drove an 8-litre sleeve-valve Panhard at Montlhéry, setting a new 1-hour...

longer change gear. Campari caught him and took the win by 52 seconds. George Eyston's reliable run netted him third place. After the race, a protest was...

Varzi". Vintage Motorsport. No. 2. March–April 2009. "Cobbs Challenge to Eyston Attempt on Record Roll". Trove.nla.gov.au. 21 June 1938. Retrieved 8 December...

(310 mi) record at 164.47 mph (264.69 km/h) (breaking a record set by George Eyston), the 24‑hour record at 153.82 mph (247.55 km/h), and the 48‑hour record...

including Raymond Sommer, Swede Per-Viktor Widengren and Englishman George Eyston. Perhaps the most interesting entries were from the American Frank Scully...

lap the order was Eyston, Brackenbury, Lewis, Rose-Richard. On lap two Lewis' mechanic signaled their intention to overtake Eyston for the lead to the...