THE grandson of a motoring daredevil famous for breaking records on land and on Cumbria waters has followed in his grandfather's footsteps.

Don Wales yesterday got behind the wheel of the car Sir Malcolm Campbell used to smash the land-speed record 90 years ago to the day.

The 54-year-old drove the 350hp Sunbeam Bluebird in celebration of the 90th anniversary of his grandfather achieving a new World Land Speed record of 150mph at Pendine Sands, South Wales, in his 350hp Sunbeam Blue bird.

To mark the occasion, the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu held a commemorative low-speed demonstration run with the Sunbeam.

Mr Wales, himself a Land Speed Record holder, drove the classic 22ft supercar from the area of beach adjacent to the Pendine Museum of Speed. He and the museum team also aimed to re-create two iconic pictures from the original run.

Sir Michael Campbell gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s.

His son Donald Malcolm Campbell broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s.

He died on Coniston Water whilst attempting to break his own water speed in his jet-powered boat, the bluebird K7.