DIESEL ENGINES
Successful Motor-car Trial OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR (British Official Wireless.l Rugby, October 27. A car equipped with an ordinary London omnibus engine made a new world’s record at Brooklands to-day when, in pouring rain, Mr. George Eyston broke the existing record of 100.75 miles I>er hour for the highest speed ever achieved by a Diesel-engined vehicle. Although the high wind and wetness of tlie track, necessitating the use of heavily-ribbed instead Of racing tires, tended to slow down the car, Eyston covered the flying mile over two runs at an average speed of 101.953 miles an hour, Over the kilometre the average speed was 104.80 miles hourly. _ The maximum speed of 100.647 miles hourly was attained over the second run of a kilometre.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 9
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