COBB’S FAST RUN
SPEED OF 369.53 MILES AN HOUR WORLD RECORD MAY BE BROKEN Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, BONNEVILLE (Utah), Aug. 22. (Received August 23, at 8 a.m.) Mr Cobb’s first run over a measured mile was at 369.53 miles an hour, tho highest ever recorded. He must make a return run, and then the average will show whether he will set an official world record. MOTOR TROUBLE PREVENTS RETURN TRIP BONNEVILLE, August 22. ■ (Received August 23, at 10 a.m.) Motor trouble prevented Mr Cobb from making the return run within the hou? ns required. Thus the record will not bo official.
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Evening Star, Issue 23352, 23 August 1939, Page 12
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101COBB’S FAST RUN Evening Star, Issue 23352, 23 August 1939, Page 12
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