NEW SPEED RECORDS
BRITISH RACING DRIVER ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVERTED (Received September 13, 6.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 12 A message from Bonneville, Utah, states that the British racing driver, Mr. John Cobb, to-day established eight world records on the completion of a 24-hour run over the Serset speedway. His average speed was 150.1629 miles an hour. Seven other records were also established. Near the end of the run, Mr. Cobb almost met with disaster when his heavy Napier-Railton car skidded on two wheels. For a moment an accident appeared to be inevitable, but he managed to right the machine and continue. ____________
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22523, 14 September 1936, Page 9
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101NEW SPEED RECORDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22523, 14 September 1936, Page 9
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