MOTOR TRACK RECORD.
HIGH SPEED AT BROOKLANDS.
KAYE DON IN BRITISH CAR. British Wireless. RUGBY, April 2. The British motorist, Mr. Kaye Don, driving his Sunbeam racing car in half a gale of wind yesterday, established a new record for the Brooklands track, with a speed of 132£ miles an hour. Tho track was originally built for a speed limit of 120 miles an hour, as the designer never thought any car would exceed such a speed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 4 April 1929, Page 9
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77MOTOR TRACK RECORD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 4 April 1929, Page 9
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