Francis Edgar Stanley 18-19 - 1913 MrctedinmtheAutornotiveHallotFameinwse Freelan Oscar Stanley 1849 - 1940 Inhaled iloiheAulmnotive Hall ofFame in 1996 Factormyth? Was this steam-powered car, built by twin brothers FE. and FD. Stanley. capable of traveling 197 miles per hour in 1907? in 1906. Fred Marriott. the Stanley's test driver. set a legitimate world speed record of 127 mph in a ying mile race in Ormond Beach, Florida. soundly beating gasoline-powered cars of that era. The following year. Marriott again came to Ormond Beach with the goal of beating his own record Over the previous winter. the Stanleys had installed a larger boiler. capable of withstanding higher steam pressure: and "was, higher speeds. n-t--_ L- -tl:-{-l _u- -.-A nA---:-u M_.JA nun nrnnrn