LAND SPEED RECORDS
BROKEN BY CAPTAIN EYSTON NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (Received Nov. 4, at 11.30 p.m.) A message from Bonneville states that Captain Eyston broke the world record for 12 hours at an average speed of 163.68 miles per hour, and the record for 3000 kilometres at an average of 163.48. He also broke the record for 2000 miles at an average of 163.7, although it is at present not official.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23341, 5 November 1937, Page 9
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72LAND SPEED RECORDS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23341, 5 November 1937, Page 9
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