CAPTAIN CAMPBELL
NEW RECORDS ESTABLISHED. FIVE MILES AND FIVE KILOMETRES, (United Press Association.) (B 7 Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) CAPETOWN, April 26. (Eeceived April 27, at 0.20 a.m.) After 24 hours’ isolation owing to electrical storms, Captain Campbell broke the world’s five-mile and five-kilo-metre records at dawn to-day. His average speed over the five miles equalled 212 miles an hour, beating the previous record by 72 miles an hour. His average over five kilometres was 211, about nine miles an hour better than the previous record.' "The car was marvellous, but look at the tyres,” said Captain Campbell, pointing to the back tyre from which the tread was stripped. "Nearing the red flag at the mile I wondered whether that tyre would hold. The mixture was too weak this time for the intense cold. No one has ever raced at this altitude before. The engine was very hot, and use both hands to'change near. Well, it’s finished.”—Australian Press Association—United Service
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20702, 27 April 1929, Page 13
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