NEW MOTOR RECORD

Grey River Argus, 7 February 1931, Page 3

NEW MOTOR RECORD

SET BY CAMPBELL. OVER 245 MILES AN HOFR. NEW YORK. February 5. [ At Daytona Beach. Captain Malcolm* 'ampbell slot, a world’s speed record a’Ji 245.73 miles an hour. The first run from north to south j >v:i.s clocked at 14.0 seconds over al im asured mile, for a speed of 240.5751 miles per hour. The. second run from I ■ml h to north occupied 1-1.7 seconds for a * pieed of 241.597 , an average of 14.05 or 245.73 correct miles per hour. | ’Taking a five and a-half miles tly-j in<r start. Campbell Hashed past the grandstand with a mighty roar, and d sappe-ared in the haze to the south. Then without waiting io change tyres >r even !tr< inspect! the motor, hjo | lashed hack to the starting post. i Despite the fact that the beach was m-t in perfect condition, Campbell | made a fas-ter speed than the expected. Before the start they warn I ‘d him only to try to better the re •ord by a. slight .margin, as the con- I il tion of the beach might make a high record a.ttempi too dangerous. Campbell averaged on both trials dightly in excess of four miles per ninute. Immediately ofter returning Io the starting post, he climbed out °1 the car and stopped for a few minute/ Io shake hands with a few sped at(i r’.. He. then junipen into a midget racing car, and prepared to attempt a new record for cars with a displacement of les s than 45 cubic inches. Wild clivers arose from thousands of spectators when the announcement wat made.. Campbell drove! his, )nid;tret fovrcvFmler ear twice over the course, but failed to break the record., averaging a two-way speed of 81.096 miles per hou’;. slower than the record of 87 miles per hour. LONDON. February 5. I Mrs Campbell interviewed, said she vas tremendously elieved that her .mband had achieved the record safev and hoped he would not think it - iecessarv to try again. Waiting was, •ather a strain these days, but she ( mew he had set his heart <-’a keeping . his record for England. , Captain Campbell’s mother said: —. ‘ If he goes out to do a thing, my on does it. Nothing will stop him. l never doubted the result. 1