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SIB M. CAJfPBEIA’S PLANS
LONDON. Dm. 8. ' Sir iVfalcolrn CartiphrU has decided to ffiakea bid in February at Daytona Ifeitch to Weak his own land speed record of 272 miles an hour. but should ho fail ho- will try again later oh the jiow track laid iftWft ori the salt bods hear Salt Lake City. His Bluebird oar lias reCOhstriietod, and. is expected to attain a. speed, up t o 3GO miles an hour. It bns a severely streamlined body, wind brakes, add ft 2500 brttsepower Rolls-Itoycb engine. The new Salt Lake City course is said to he per fectJy smooth with a surface of surt,baked salt. It- is presumed to be faster arid more reliable than sand. Fred Dixon, the famous racing driver, is also planning to tako his Silver Bullet car, formerly built for Kayo Don, for a test on the same track, but ho will first try it out on Pendine Hands.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 7
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