FAST MOTOR RACE.
BRITISH DRIVER'S VICTORY. EXCITEMENT IN FRANCE. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received June 18, 8.20 p.m.) PARIS, Jr. Tie 18. A 24 hours' motor race produced a great struggle between an American Stutz, the largest car in the race, and Captain Wolf Barnato in a British Bentley car. The latter carried off the blue ribband for speed, distance and endurance in the fastest race ever held on the Sartha course. The Bentley occasionally touched the enormous speed of 107 miles Bn hour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19976, 19 June 1928, Page 9
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