Austin-Healey Endurance Speed Record Attempt – Photo Gallery

On August 23rd, 1954 at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, a factory-prepared Austin-Healey set 83 National and International Class D records driven by Donald Healey, George Eyston, Carroll Shelby, Mort Goodall and Roy Jackson-Moore, including a 24-hour average speed of 132.81 mph.

Owner Donald Healey’s desire to take the 24-hour endurance record stemmed from his belief in his car and the need for publicity to promote it.He fitted a standard 100/4 chassis with a modified Weslake-designed cylinder head, 16-inch Dunlop peg drive wheels and Dunlop disc brakes (a first in production sports cars). There were a small number of aerodynamic modifications, including a small aero screen and head fairing, plus an air-cooled battery compartment in the right hand passenger compartment.