SPEED ON LAND

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 73, 25 February 1932, Page 7

SPEED ON LAND

RECORD BROKEN. SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL’S FEAT ACCOMPLISHED AT DAYTONA BEACH. (United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received February 25, 10.20 a.m* NEW YORK, Feb. 24. A message from Daytona Beach states that Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the speed' record with 253.968 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm, who drove the Bluebird, exceeded his old record by 8.235 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm Campbell’s speed on the first run was 267.459 miles per hour, and on the second run 241.773. Officials said that there was confusion in connection with the timing of the first run, which resulted from the fact that Sir Malcolm said he would probably make a low speed on the first run, and they did not immediately calculate the speed. CONDITIONS AT NINETY-MILE „ BEACH. Per Press Association. NINETY-MILE BEACH, Feb. 24. The Enterprise appeared for the third time on the Ninety-mile beach to-day, when Mr “Wizard” Smith made a trial run of about four miles. The car attained about 125 miles an hour, according to Mr Smith, who was pleased with the run. The road tyres were not changed, ns Mr Smith did not wish to risk cutting the racing tyre3 on the toheroa shells, which are etill thick in places. Mr Smith ran in only one direction, and on his return was patently pleased with the Enterprise’s performance. He said that the five-mile record was a certainty, and hazarded the opinion that on the five-mile run he would probably attain a speed of over 245 miles an hour, thus automatically breaking tho land’speed record. The beach was improving and he was looking forward to to-morrow, when, after the king tide, he had every hope of attacking the fivemilo,record.