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GRAND PRIX CAREER He competed in Grand Prix Motor Racing , winning the 1927 and 1928 Grand Prix De Boulogne in France driving a Bugatti T39A. LAND SPEED RECORD He broke nine land speed records between 1924 and 1935, with three at Pendine Sands and five at Daytona Beach . He set his final land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on September 3 , 1935 . Malcolm Campbell was the first person to drive an Automobile over 300 Miles Per Hour (301.337 mph). WATER SPEED RECORDS He set the Water Speed Record four times. His highest speed was 141.740 mph in the Bluebird K4. He set the record on August 19, 1939 on Coniston Water in Great Britain. DEATH He died after a long illness in 1949. He was one of the few land speed record holders of his era to die of natural causes. AWARDS
MISCELLANEOUS He was a Vice President of the Middlesex County Automobile Club . He became interested in the search for buried treasure in the Cocos Islands . Campbell was also involved in politics. He stood for Parliament without success at the 1935 General Election in Deptford for the Conservative Party . EXTERNAL LINKS
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