LATEST WORLD’S RECORD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19282, 20 September 1924, Page 9

LATEST WORLD’S RECORD.

A world’s record of 146 miles an hotnf Tfis For the flying kilometre, this the average of two runs in opposite direo-'"’* tions, was established on July 12, on the road near Paris, by the English amaterta? Mr EL A. D. Eldridge, driving a 300 horse*'' power Fiat. _ _ ■ ■ ■ - ■ > In open trials six days earlier the Fiat •!. covered the flying kilometre at an average of 146.8 miles an hour, thus beating all comers, but the performance was protestedon the ground that the car was' not' fitted with a reverse gear, in accordance ‘ 7 with French rules. Eldridge immediately ", decided to add a reverse, and, a special . permit to run having been give® the ’ , mobile Club of France, he started at 1 dayl ’ break for his attempt on world’s records. For the standing kilometre the Fiat averaged 85.47 miles an hour. Ibe abr-i tempt to establish a new world’s.'record 1 for the standing mile was frustrated by- '• an accident to the electric liming apparatus, 1 1 These performances will be for official world’s records, for they constitute " the highest speeds ever attained on the road ‘ by any motor vehicle. It is interesting to note that' tie cay used by Eldridge is the original Fiat.. . Mephistopheles, first driven by Nazzaro on-.,,. Brooklands track in 1908. The car has been in many hands sine© that date, b9t a its original four-cylinder engine was in service until last year, when Eldridge bought the car and substituted a more modern, six-cylinder 300 h.p. Fiat engine.—2o924.^