World War I flying ace and racecar driver, Eddie Rickenbacker told readers of the Altoona Tribune that the greatest accomplishment of the 1928 racing season “was the bringing back to America of the automobile speed supremacy of the world." In April 1928, Philadelphia-native, Ray Keech, reclaimed the World’s Land Speed Record from English driver, Malcolm Campbell. Keech traveled at an average speed of 207.55 miles per hour racing on the packed sand of Daytona Beach, Florida. In the early twentieth century the “need for speed” pushed the boundaries of technology, and confirmed for avid followers the belief that human beings could maintain control over an increasigly machine-ridden and fast-paced society.
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