MOTOR RECORD NEARS 150-MILE-HOUR MARK
0 DETROIT, July 24. A new world’s speed record for automobiles over any track other than a straightway, was set when Leon Duray, race driver, piloted a car similar to the one ho drove at the Indianapolis races over a 21 miles track here at a speed of 148.1 miles per hour. The old record held by Frank Lockhart was 147.07 miles per hour. Duray’s new mark received official sanction from five representatives of the American Automobile Association. t
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6672, 27 July 1928, Page 7
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84MOTOR RECORD NEARS 150-MILE-HOUR MARK Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6672, 27 July 1928, Page 7
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