LAND SPEED RECORD
CAPACITY OF SMITH’S CAR. STATEMENT BY HARKNESS. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Sydney, January 15. Mr Don Harkness informed the Press that he definitely dissociated himself from any claim that “Wizard” Smith’s car was designed or intended to achieve speeds in the vicinity of 300 miles an hour. “We are dealing with many unknown factors,” l)e said, “and it would be unwise to make any prediction. My mission has been to build a car capable of bettering the existing record, but I have not yet aimed at such a high rate of speed as is freely reported. It is undesirable that such ambitious statements should be made and circulated, although if the Fred H. Stewart Enterprise is successful, as I hope it will be, its gearing may be modified to attain still more phenomenal speeds.”
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Southland Times, Issue 21604, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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137LAND SPEED RECORD Southland Times, Issue 21604, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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