MAJOR SEGRAVE
WORLD'S RECORD ESTABLISHED
OVER 203 MILES AN HOUR
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(Received March 30, at 9.40 a.m.) (Received March 30, at 9.0 a.m.) At Dayton Beach, Florida, Major Segrave, the English racing driver, established a world’s record c( 203.841 miles per hour in his four-ton speedster on the sands to-day. THREE UNOFFICIAL RECORDS. NEW YORK, March 29. (Received March 30, at 10.10 a.m.) At Dayton Beach, Florida, Major Segrave drove his automobile faster than any man has ever driven before. He set three unofficial records, which may be, accepted as official when the timing is finally checked. Major Segrave was clocked at a speed of 201.711 miles per hour for one kilometre, 203.841 for one mile, and 203.616 for five kilometres.
The official records held by Captain Malcolm Campbell are 174.22, for one kilometre, and 173,883 for a mile.
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Evening Star, Issue 19520, 30 March 1927, Page 5
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