1910 - Barney Oldfield established a new land speed record of 131.7 miles-per-hour at Daytona Beach on this date.  Oldfield was driving the “Blitzen Benz,” manufactured in Mannheim Germany in 1909 by the Benz & Cie which boasted an inline four cylinder engine producing 200hp. The Daytona/Ormond Beach area was ideal for these early land speed attempts and is often referred to as the “Birthplace of Speed.”