In February 1913,

2013, British racing driver Percy, Pearly Lambert

took the land speed record,

the first person to drive a hundred miles in an hour

at the Brooklyn's racetrack in Surrey. This was still the age of the horse.

Percy's achievement was like landing on the moon. Within months so, a French team bettered his effort,

forcing Percy to try and win back his crown.

In those days, driver sat on the car, not in it.

No safety belt, no helmet even. On his 21st lap at Brooklands,

a rear tire burst on Percy's speeding car, sending it somersaulting across the steep banked track.

Percy was thrown from his seat, fracturing his skull, dying on the way to hospital.

The day before his accident, he'd promised his girlfriend

that the day was going to be his final day of racing.

He was due to get married in a couple of weeks. He was engaged and

he told his fiance that this would be the last time I attempt the record.

Thank God and it was. And it was the last time he attempted the record.

This is Mark. He's in his mid-20s, glasses, charmingly geeky, a writer and motorsports nerd.

These guys were incredibly brave, you know, Percy was obviously a daredevil really of his time.

And he doesn't believe in ghosts.

Thrill seekers came to Brooklyn's I suppose and part of the danger was maybe part of the

thrill, but unfortunately also part of the reality as a number of drivers found out here.

So can we see from here where Percy died?

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