115 MILES AN HOUR.
MOTOR RACING THRILLS. LONDON, April 6. A midget 10 h.p. Samson' car.lpfo.-. vided a speed thrill in the mil© handicap at Brooklaiids. It Hid a-lap at 115 miles an hour, hut Goutte, the driver, lost because he was compelled to _ slow down to avoid a Vauxhall wfiich, skidded down the embankment when the competitors were racing abreast at over 100 miles an hour, and miraculously escaped collisions ‘bv inches. ~ , ~ Woolff Barhato, driving a Bent.ey car, won, averaging 108 miles an' hour._ His fastest lap was at • the rate of 114.75 miles. . -'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17008, 15 April 1926, Page 7
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95115 MILES AN HOUR. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17008, 15 April 1926, Page 7
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