THE RIVAL MACHINE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 59, 13 March 1929, Page 9

THE RIVAL MACHINE

THREE 500 H.P. ENGINES

BritisU Ofliclal Wireless. (.Received 13th March, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 12th March. Major Sograve, the British motorist, who made tho speed record of 231.3 miles an hour' on Daytona Beach yesterday, has been interviewed over the

trans-Atlantic telephone by most Brit- < ish newspapers. He told them . that his achievement was a really grim expencnce and a terrific strain. The greater strain, however, was on his wife, who was present. If his record is not beaten by the machine of Mr. White, the American motorist, he will' make no further record-breaking attempts, but if White's machine succeeds he will go out again. He believes that in ideal conditions his Golden Arrow could do 240 miles an hour. He is confident, however, that his record will stand

Segrave is watching this evening the attempt of White's machine, which will bo driven 'by one of three drivers, whichever Mr. White may select. Segrave points out that White's machine is superficially the same as that with which he beat the record and put up 207 miles an hour last year. He has three 500 horse-power motors, ou© of which is new. Last year he had practically no body at all covering or streamlining the machine, but this time he has built quite a good and well-de-signed body around the chassis. Mr. White has until 15th March to break the record, and if he does not succeed by then he will have to wait until next year. Segrave has received hundreds of congratulatory messages on his feat from all parts of the world.