NEW LAND SPEED RECORD

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22492, 29 August 1938, Page 11

NEW LAND SPEED RECORD

EYSTON’S SUCCESS

AT BONNEVILLE

THUNDERBOLT TRAVELS

345 MILES AN HOUR

ANOTHER ATTEMPT MAY BE MADE

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(Received August 28, 11.30 a.m.)

NEW YORK, August 28,

Messages from Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah), state that Captain G. E. T. Eyston beat his previous land speed record by achieving a speed of 345.49 miles an hour. His car, Thunderbolt, had been painted with black bands so as bet-

ter to actuate the electric timing device.

Mr John Cobb, the Australian racing driver, was among the first to congratulate him.

Captain Eyston said he would remain until Cobb’s trials were completed in case it was necessary to try to exceed the latter’s speed.

Following is a list of speed recordholders since 1893; — 1C98—Chasseloup-Laubat 39.^4 1899 —Jenatzy . 65.79 1902 —Serpoller 75.06 1902 —Fournier 76.60 1902—Augiers 77.13 1903 —Durnay 84.21 1903—Henry Ford 91.37' 1904 —V/. K. Vanderbilt 92.30 1904 —Rigolly 93.20 1904—De Caters 97.26 1904 —Rigolly 103.56 1904—Baras 104.53 1905—A. Macdonald 104.65 1905—H. L. Bowden 109.73 1906 —F. Marriott 127.659 1910—B. Oldfield 131.724 1911 —B. Burman 141.723 1919—R. de Palma .. . 149.875 1920—T. Milton 156.046 1925—Sir M. Campbell 160.766 1926—J. G. Parry Thomas 168.076 1926—J. G. Parry Thomas 170.624 1927—Sir M. Campbell 174,224 1927 —Sir H. O. D. Segrave 203.791 1928—Sir M. Campbell 206,956 1928 —Ray Kecch 1.929 —Sir H. O. D. Segrave 207.552 231.362 1931—Sir M. Campbell 245,736 1932—Sir M. Campbell 253.968 1933 —Sir M. Campbell 272.108 1935—Sir M. Campbell 276.816 1935—Sir M. Campbell 304.311 1937 —G. E. T. Eyston 311.42