LAND SPEED RECORD

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 154, 11 April 1930, Page 5

LAND SPEED RECORD

KAYE DON’S ATTEMPT. ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL TRIAL. IMPERFECT COURSE BLAMED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received. This Day, 10.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 9. A message from Daytona Beach states that Kaye Don drove his great car over the. course f<jr the sixth time. Principally due to the condition of the beach, he was unable to do better than 182.841 miles an hour. At the end of four trips over a nine-mile course he gave up the attempts for the day, laying the blame on the imperfect course and the fact that the windshield was clouded severely, especially while he was bound in the southward direction. “With the windshield clouded,” Don stated, “it is easy to understand how Lockhart ran his car into the ocean a year ago.” Since Don ran last a fire destroyed two-thirds of the wooden stand from which a few persons watched the runs to-day. Don first came to the beach to-day driving a stock model roadster to feel out the course, hut he got no further than the kilometre mark when lie was forced to stop, with a burned-out hearing. In the first run south with his racer Don lost the off protective disc from one wheel. The loss was neither serious nor dangerous. National Guardsmen were unable to find the lost disc. Although once troubled briefly by hack-firing, experts are encouraged over the car’s performance. The car since readjustment has gained acceleration. The super-charger for the first time emitted a piercing whine, indicating that their speed had been increased and that the pressure was greater. This is the objective for which Don has been striving. It is expected lie will have little further difficulty with his carburetter.