The financial backer and driver of the British Steam Car Challenge team Charles Burnett III celebrates beside his vehicle at Rogers Dry Lake on Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California, after breaking the land speed record for a steam powered car Tuesday Aug. 25, 2009. British-built steam supercar broke a 103-year-old world land speed record for steam-powered vehicles in the United States Tuesday. The 25ft-long British Steam Car – nicknamed the “fastest kettle in the world” – reached an average speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a measured mile at the Edwards Air Force Base in California. (AP Photo/Chris Ison/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE **

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