Fred Marriott

Fred Marriott (31 December 1872, Needham, Massachusetts - 28 April 1956[1]) was an American race car driver.

[2][3] This garnered Stanley Motor Carriage Company the Dewar Trophy.

A crew of four accompanied the car to Daytona, Marriott was chosen to be driver because he was the only bachelor.

[2] Marriott's mark for the steam land speed record, which had become the longest-standing such record, was finally broken more than 100 years later in August 2009 when Charles Burnett III of the British "Inspiration" team recorded an average speed of 139.843 mph (225.06 km/h) at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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