NINETY MILE BEACH.
CONFLICTING REPORTS,
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, Aug. 16. Sir Malcolm Campbell has written to the chairman of the Auckland Automobile Racing Club explaining the circumstances which influenced him in deciding not to come to New Zealand this year, although ho would prefer, he said, to make his next record attempt in New Zealand rather than anywhere else in the world, If he goes to Daytona, Sir Malcolm Campbell said, lie knows exactly what difficulties to expect, but conflicting reports (reach him about the Ninety Mile Reach. Secondly, the Daytona course is always kept absolutely clear, which he imagines is almost impossible at the Ninety Mile Beach. Thirdly, ho can get to Daytona and back within a month.
Sir Malcolm says ho read in one New Zealand paper of gulloys running down the course. “I can only tell you that nothing would induce me to take a galley at a speed of 200 m.p.h. or more. Uneven surfaces, also, are very dangerous. 1 have many times hit these at high speed, and my car has jumped 40ft. This is all very' well at 200, but at 250 it becomes impossible.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 221, 18 August 1932, Page 5
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192NINETY MILE BEACH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 221, 18 August 1932, Page 5
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