A. T. Goldie Gardner 1936 and 1950 he set over 100 international and local speed records throughout England, Europe and the USA. In September 1948 immediately before the announcement of Jaguar's new engine since named XK he broke the flying mile, kilometre and five-kilometre Class E records on the new motor road near Ostend. At the time it was considered remarkable that his engine was unsupercharged. The same engine was used, an experimental Jaguar 2-litre 4-cylinder modified to suit the class requirements. The new records were: mile 173.678 mph, kilometre 177.112 mph and five kilometres 170.523 mph. In 1951 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah,
Utah Olympic Park Track the highest recorded luge speed of on October 16, 2001 that made the "Guinness Book of World Records". Benshoof's speed record was eclipsed by Germany's Felix Loch on February 21, 2009 at the 2008-09 Luge World Cup season finale at the Whistler Sliding Centre in British Columbia, Canada when Loch reached a top speed of . Utah Olympic Park Track The Utah Olympic Park Track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in the Utah Olympic Park, near Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, held nearby in Salt Lake City, the track hosted the bobsleigh,