LAND SPEED RECORD
COBB EXCEEDS 369 M.P.IT. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.I BONNEVILLE, August 22. Cobb’s first run on the measured mile reached 369.23 m.p.m., the highest speed ever recorded. He mr t now make the return run. wliereny-.n the average will show whether he has set an official world record. Motor trouble prevented Cobb from making the return run within an b.nnr, as required, thus the record will not he official.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 August 1939, Page 7
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