BREAKER OF EIGHT WORLD RECORDS.—At top, Mr John Cobb, the famous English racing motorist, in his Napier-Railton car at Brooklands. In this car he has made eight new world motor-car records in a 24-hour run. He is now attempting to break the record of Captain Eyeston. Below, ambulance men dressing Mr Cobb’s face after it had been struck by a stone when he was racing.
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Northern Advocate, 30 August 1938, Page 7
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65BREAKER OF EIGHT WORLD RECORDS.—At top, Mr John Cobb, the famous English racing motorist, in his Napier-Railton car at Brooklands. In this car he has made eight new world motor-car records in a 24-hour run. He is now attempting to break the record of Captain Eyeston. Below, ambulance men dressing Mr Cobb’s face after it had been struck by a stone when he was racing. Northern Advocate, 30 August 1938, Page 7
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