In 1930 Joe Wright took the world speed record over 150mph (240 km/h), but the name of the company was blackened when it transpired that the machine used was not, in fact, an OEC but a Zenith. The machine is pictured at the Montlhery track, prior to the speed run at Arpajon. Image from the Hockenheim Museum Archive.

Hockenheimring Motor Museum

The Museum has the largest racing motorcycle collection in Europe, representing all of the marques which have dominated national and international racing, along with many superb examples of machines dating back to before the first war.

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Claude Temple