DEFENDING SPEED RECORD.
Mr Kaye Don, the English racing motorist, who is going next year to Daytona, ÜB.A., to defend England’s title to the world’s fastest speed record established by Sir Henry Seagrave, has recently tested various experimental developments which Mr Louis Ooatalen, the world-famous designer, proposes to incorporate in tho car now being built for the record attempt. Among them was an improved system of braking. With this system the driver was able to pull up his car from a speed of nearly 150 m.p.h. within 500’ yards. Rapid acceleration and good braking are two of tho most important features in connection with any attempt on the world’s speed record. At Daytona, for example, Seagrave required about six miles in which to stop his car in safety at 231 miles an hour. The new car is being built for a speed in excess of 280 m.p.h., so that without very wonderful braking the 15-mile straight course on the sands at Daytona would not give a long enough run for such a car to pull up in safety.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7061, 8 November 1929, Page 13
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178DEFENDING SPEED RECORD. Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7061, 8 November 1929, Page 13
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