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    VIDEO: Record-setting British Steam Car in action
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    British Steam Car - Click above to watch the video after the break
    So, you've been following the progress of the British Steam Car Challenge for the last few years – well, at least we've been following the team's progress that long – and it's all finally led up to a new world record. ...

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    British Steam Car Challenge sets world speed record. Finally.
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    Finally, after much ado and a number of stalled attempts, the British Steam Car Challenge team has finally set the world record it has sought for so long. With an official two-way average of 139.843 miles per hour, the steam-powered streamliner really is the Fastest Kettle in the World. ...

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    British Steam Car update: Check back tomorrow
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    Yesterday, the British Steam Car Challenge team issued a release indicating that today would likely (finally) be the day that Fred Marriott's hundred-year-old officially recognized top speed record of 127 miles per hour in a Stanley steam car would fall. Today's update: Check back ...

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    British steam car closes in on 127 mph record
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    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/British_steam_car_closes_in_on_127_mph_record'; Finally, after over 100 years in the record books, Fred Marriott's officially recognized top speed in a steam-powered car is in serious danger of being eclipsed. The British Steam Car Challenge team has ...

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    British Steam Car record attempt delayed until August
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    Who knew a World Speed Record set all the way back in 1906 at the Daytona Beach Road Course would be such a tough nut to crack? We've been following the British Steam Car Challenge and its team of would-be record setters for the last couple of years, so the thought of waiting another month for ...

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    British steam car team suffers setback, record attempt still planned
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    We have good news and bad news to report regarding the British team that hopes to set a new land speed record for a steam-powered car. First, the bad: The car completely failed to operate during an important testing session that took place last week. The good: The record, which currently sits at ...

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    British Steam Car Team still on track
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    Despite the untimely death of project manager Frank Swanston from lung cancer, the British Steam Car Challenge is still on for a record attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats in August of this year. Before assaulting the World Record, the British team will first tackle the standing record in their ...

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    Update on the British Steam Car Challenge 200 mph record attempt
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    Last fall, we alerted you to a land-speed record which is in serious danger of being broken. The record in question was set in 1906, and is for steam powered vehicles (like the one above). One might imagine that steam engines have not made significant advances since then, but that would be untrue. ...

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