In the early days of motoring, the internal combustion engine did not reign supreme, and it was not until 1907 that an internal combustion vehicle took the record – specifically the aircraft V-8 that Glenn Curtiss installed in his motorcycle to speed to set the new record at a sphincter-puckering 136 mph. They were brave men in those days!
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