Steam-powered Race Cars

Scalding hot speeds achieved by automobiles blowing off a little steam…  These are real historical steam-powered racing cars.  How cool is that?

“A Stanley Steamer setting a record mile at the Daytona Beach Road Course.

“The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of steam-engine vehicles from 1902 to 1924. The cars made by the company were colloquially called Stanley Steamers, although several different models were produced. The Stanley Steamer was sometimes nicknamed “The Flying Teapot”.The Stanley company produced a series of advertising campaigns trying to woo the car-buying public away from the “internal explosion engine,” to little effect.”