Napier-Railton Special

About this model

Commissioned by the Brooklands driver John Cobb, and designed by Reid Railton, the Napier-Railton was built by Thomson and Taylor at their engineering works within the Brooklands Track.

The car was completed in 1933 and first appeared in a race at Brooklands in August of that year. Designed specifically to break endurance records and race at Brooklands, the Napier-Railton excelled at both. It won several high-profile races at Brooklands, broke numerous world endurance records, and set the ultimate Brooklands lap record.

For attempts on the World 24-hour record, Cobb took the Napier-Railton to Montlhéry in France in 1933 and 1934, achieving multiple world records:

Six World Records in 1933: 200 miles at 125.64mph, 500km at 123.63mph, 500 miles at 123.27mph, 1,000km at 122.05mph, Three Hours at 124.33mph, Six Hours at 122.62mph and six Class A Records including One Hour at 126.83mph.

Five World Records in 1934; 1,000km at 122.82mph, Six Hours at 123.01mph, 12 Hours at 121.19mph, 2,000km at 120.71mph and 3,000km at 120.71mph