"MY GOOD LUCK."

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 7

"MY GOOD LUCK."

CAMPBELL'S ESCAPE.

Motor Speed King Misses Almost

Certain Death.

BROOKLANDS THRILL.

(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

(Received 1 p.m.)

LONDON, April 6,

"I suppose my good luck held again. It was certainly one of my worst experiences," said Sir Malcolm Campbell after a narrow shave from a fatal smash during the Easter races at Brooklands.

In a handicap race in which 15 competitors participated, Campbell was driving his own Bugatti at 100 m.p.h., and had just braked down to take the bend when the track rod holding the front wheels in position broke with a terrific crash and tore out the spokes of one wheel. The other then jammed and the Bugatti zig-zagged wildly.

Thousands lining the banks breathlessly watched Campbell desperately fighting to keep his car on the track on one side of which was a high banking over which a fall would have meant almost certain death. On the other side the crowds were packing the rails. The car careered perilously for at least half a minute when Campbell, with a terrific effort, regained, control.

He got out, cool ana collected, but said that lie did not know how lie managed to hold her on the track. It was a ghastly experience.