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World record! Charles Burnett III celebrates beside the British Steam Car in California, U.S., after smashing the land speed record for a steam powered car

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Making history: The steam car sped around the track at 139mph, outstripping the 1906 time of 127mph by Fred Marriott in his Stanley Steamer

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Congratulations: FIA official Mike Cook shakes hands with Mr Burnett as he gets out of his vehicle

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HOW IT WORKS: The engine uses propane gas and 12 boilers to generate the 3MW heat needed to create the steam. The steam flows through more than a mile of tubing to a turbine which drives the rear wheels forward

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Record holder: Fred Marriott in his Stanley Steamer, which held the world land speed record for 103 years

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