LAND SPEED RECORD;

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 20 November 1937, Page 9

LAND SPEED RECORD;

BROKEN BY CAPTAIN EYSTON

31 M2 M.IMI. AT BONNEVILLE

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(Received 20th November. D UO ii.m. “ NEW YORK, 19th November.

A message from Bonneville stater that Captain Eyston, the British racing motorist, broke the world record, achieving a speed of 311.42 miles an hour, also the kilometer record, registering 312.20 miles an hour. Mis top speed was 319 miles an hour. Captain Eyston said that his goggles were fluttering, being almost blown off his face.

The previous record was 301.1 miles an hour, established by Sir Malcolm Campbell in the Bluebird at Bonneville in 1939.

Sill MALCOLM CAMPBELL'S STATEMENT

(Received 20th November, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, 19th November. Sir Malcolm Campbell announced: "I will adhere to my decision to make no further land speed attempts so long as a Britisher holds the record.” CAPTAIN EYSTON’S CAR TWO 12-CYLINDER ENGINES Captain Eyston's car is equipped with two 12-cylinder Napier Rolls-Royce aero engines lying parallel. Captain Eyston, who has many notable speed achievements to his credit, attained 305.34 miles per hour on the northward run and on the southward 317.74 m.p.h. —an average of 311.42 m.p. . Sir Malcolm Campbell was one of the first to be informed of Captain Eyston’s great achievement and extended to him warm congratulations.