In 1927, a Stutz set a world record for speed, averaging for 24 hours. The following year, a Stutz (entered and owned by wealthy French pilot and inventor Charles Weymann) in the hands of by Robert Bloch and Edouard Brisson finished second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (losing to the Bentley of Rubin and Barnato, despite losing top gear 90 minutes from the flag), the best result for an American car until 1966. That same year, development engineer and racing driver Frank Lockhart used a pair of supercharged DOHC engines in his "Stutz Black Hawk Special" streamliner land speed record car, while