LAND SPEED RECORD.
PENDINE SANDS TESTED. KAYE DON’S NEXT ATTEMPT. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, January 6. ' The famous British racing motorist Mr Kaye Don, who expects to make an attempt this year on the world’s land speed record of -231 miles an hour, which is held by Major Segrave. yesterday tested in a racing car the suitability of Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, for such an effort. He kept his visit secret in order to have the seven mile stretch of sands clear. .Ho used the Sunbeam Tiger car in which Sir Hehrv Segrave won the world’s record in 1926. Although it was raining and blowing a gale, he drove over the course at 155 miles an hour. The sands were too wot to enable him to form a definite opinion as to their suitability, and he will make a further test after consulting the designer of the oar on the acceleration and deceleration of the Sunbeam 4000 horse-power Silver Bullet which has been constructed for* the attempt on the world’s record.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 74, 8 January 1930, Page 5
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