CLOSED MOTOR-CAR
EYSTON REACHES HJGH
SPEED
(British Official "Wireless.) (Received July 19, 11 a.m. )
RUGBY, July 18,
The highest speed ever attained on the Brooklands track by a standard closed car was achieved by Captain G. E. T. Eyston in a streamlined Bentley at 114.62 miles an hour.
Captain Eyston holds the world land speed record of 357.5 miles an hour.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 16, 19 July 1939, Page 11
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61CLOSED MOTOR-CAR Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 16, 19 July 1939, Page 11
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