TESTS POSTPONED
LAND SPEED RECORD CONTEST BOARD’S STATEMENT NEW YORK, April 5. The contest hoard of the, American Automobile Association lias issued the following announcement concerning Kaye Don’s speed trials: —“The design of the Silver Bullet, in which Don hopes to better the world’s automobile speed record, makes it imperative that the course be the best in shape, and an extension of the sanction has been made for him to make his runs under the most favorable weather and beach conditions. The delays that have occurred have given rise to unfounded rumors that the noted driver has been ‘prodded.” Such an impression has crept, into the British press. It is absolutely without foundation.”
A message from Daytona .Beach states that rough conditions on the beach prevail. Don intimated that, while the ear would he ready on Sunday, the tests will be postponed indefinitely.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17228, 7 April 1930, Page 7
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