Twenty-Four Hours' Records
ALMOST invariably when motorists rt httaek .m w«(Jrd tbi: 2-1 hours a tciun.ioi' two oi throo drivers foivonc cur is -engaged, awL they, take turns at the wheel,,. There have been some notable- bxcßptiails to; . ‘this, sueh us whejflS. Dwlklge■ drove hisreix-eylmder Napier the h’hyh' pewoch and averaged about CduuUus an homy but the speeds averaged orb so-gKVat nowadays that ! spirants for woflidie reeorda usually team. ~-In of thtee-rrMar*. chand, > Morel, and,. EutMoff-Di' • a Voisin tftr, secured the presiOUt world’s record, with atdistiincCj Oif' 2721.jni10k, averaging <ll .'>.s, miles cm hour. ; f ; An -American, % .Tonkins, driving a 12-cylindpr Pierce Arrow, which.? ia stated to have been a standard imodol, on a dry lake bed at Salduro, i 'P.tah, has C«vercd ; 37$ miles, and;averaged just under 113 miles an hour. •; .This is easily fft record for a solo driver; f- The Australian, record for 24. hours is held by jrhrpiHn. Sndthr. and ;.Bh tA.. Poole (Studcbaker), 1701$ . .mile*, .at (Lake Perknlilli,.Western Australia.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17947, 26 November 1932, Page 9
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164Twenty-Four Hours' Records Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17947, 26 November 1932, Page 9
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