BRITISH CAR TWICE BREAKS FLYING MILE RECORD—The Austin-Healey 100 sports car which last week set a new record for the flying mile of 192.62 miles an hour at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Three days earlier, the car clocked 190.9 miles An hour, breaking the former record of 178.383 miles an hour held by a Jaguar. The car was driven by its owner, Mr Donald Healey, a 56-year-old designer.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27443, 1 September 1954, Page 7
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67BRITISH CAR TWICE BREAKS FLYING MILE RECORD—The Austin-Healey 100 sports car which last week set a new record for the flying mile of 192.62 miles an hour at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Three days earlier, the car clocked 190.9 miles An hour, breaking the former record of 178.383 miles an hour held by a Jaguar. The car was driven by its owner, Mr Donald Healey, a 56-year-old designer. Press, Volume XC, Issue 27443, 1 September 1954, Page 7
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