"Sport and General" Photo. Mr. John R. Cobb's Railton racing car "Red Lion" with its streamlining cover removed. It ivas in this car that Mr. Cobb set up a new land speed record of 365.85 m.p.h. on the Bonneville Salt Flats, in north-western Utah, on August 23. His first run over the measured mile was made at 370.75 m.p.h,, and the return run at 366.97. m.p.h.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 71, 21 September 1939, Page 9
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66"Sport and General" Photo. Mr. John R. Cobb's Railton racing car "Red Lion" with its streamlining cover removed. It ivas in this car that Mr. Cobb set up a new land speed record of 365.85 m.p.h. on the Bonneville Salt Flats, in north-western Utah, on August 23. His first run over the measured mile was made at 370.75 m.p.h,, and the return run at 366.97. m.p.h. Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 71, 21 September 1939, Page 9
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