MOTOR ESTABLISHES 206.95 MILES AN HOUR
[By Electric Cable-Copyright] [Aust and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Eeceivcd Monday, 7.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 19. At Daytona Beach, Florida, Captain Campbell established a new world's speed record, driving a Bluebird 206.115 miles an hour. Assisted by a strong wind the tachometer registered 220 miles an hour at one time, but the roughness of the beach slowed the pace. Malcolm Campbells’ actual average in the Napier Bluebird Special was 206.05602 miles an hour. The first mile took 16.76 seconds or at a rate of 214 miles an hour; the second mile against the wind 18.3 seconds, a rate of 19-.66722; an average of 17.395 seconds a mile, representing an average speed of 206.95602 miles an hour. Seagrave’s former record was 203.79 miles an hour.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6538, 21 February 1928, Page 7
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130MOTOR ESTABLISHES 206.95 MILES AN HOUR Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6538, 21 February 1928, Page 7
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