35 World Records

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18763, 20 July 1935, Page 9

35 World Records

THIRTY-FIVE A.A.A. records were 1 smashed by a Hying standard stock Hudson sedan at -Aluroe Lake, California, in April, when three internationally-known racing drivers driving in relays, kept the uceelera tor pedal to the tloor and drove around a live-mile circle at a rate faster than any closed stock cm on ever been driven for like distances. Not only did class (. displ.o ■ men! records go by the boards, bin, 1 addition, unlimited displacement a cords for IOdO miles, 20l.il) kilometre and D2 hours also fell. Even the r. cords set last February by Sir -Via. colm Campbell at Daytona Beach Florida, in the same make and typ. of ear, could not stand the assault. Distances from 1 to loiio miles, Iron 1 to ffilOO kilometres and time intei vals of from 1 to 12 hours were tin versed, at speeds ranging from 1 v, 10 miles an hour faster than ever be fore in closed cars cl similar piston displacement. Aluroe Drv Lake, 40 square miles i. area, dead ‘level, has a surface tha lends itself excellently to speed trials although after several hundred mile at this speed, ruts begin to lorm. Do spite, this, the 3000 kilometre reeon. was pushed from T 0.2 to 84.5 miles pci hour. The one mile record of 88 mile, tin hour was broken when the Hud son set a new record for this distanci of 02.7 miles an hour and the five-mili record was pushed up to 0...02 mileper hour. The unlimited displacement closed car records, formerly set by a high priced ear last autumn for .1000 mile: at Sl.l miles an hour, now belongs t. the Hudson which traversed the di> tance at 85.8 miles an hour.