Hits 270 m.p.h. in Trial Run
Malcolm Campbell Finds Beach Too Rough
THRILLS ON BUMPY RIDE
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Monday, 7 p.m.
DAI TON A BEACH, Alnrch 3,
The rough nature of the beach forced Sir Alalcolm Campbell to postpone his record attempt on Sunday after a trial run in which he hit 270.473 miles an hour through a measured mile. For half the time he was riding almost out of the car, the course being so rough. Ho hit a bump just before he came into the measured mile and his goggles slid down over his nose and mouth, almost shutting off his breath. The ear bounced so much that his head for most of the time was above the windshield. Ho said he felt a terrific pressure, as though it might take the top off his skull. He did not attempt to come north on a second run. • ‘
The rules demand for a new record the cutting of .17 of a second from the 13.31 seconds he took for the measured mile on Sunday, when he would have set a new mark a shade above the present 272.10 S miles an hour.
He was so close to eternity on Sunday that lie decided for the' peace and comfort of all concerned not to run until the beach was considerably smoother.
"It is simply impossible to run l'or a new record willi the beach as rough- as it is,” ho declared. “A'oU can drive over this beach in an ordinary ear with one hand at 100 miles an hour, but the Bluebird at 273 or 300 is something entirely different.
"In my 30 years of racing I have never experienced anything like' the past two days, but I will stay here for 5u years if I'have to, to get the beach I want. Without slippage, I should have picked tip at lensi, 23 miles more there, and I would have had the record in my grasp. 1 was driving blind in the middle of the mile; the wind was almost, tearing iny head off and my goggles were choking me. Tlie sand was so rough that 1 could feel the trend tearing off the tyres.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 53, 5 March 1935, Page 6
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