SECOND ATTEMPT ABANDONED
24-HOUR SPEED RECORD (Received October 15, 8 p.m.) BONNEVILLE, October 14. Rain compelled Captain G. E. T. Eyston, the British racing motorist, to abandon his record attempt on the 24-hour record after he had covered 2440 miles at an average speed of 158.1 miles an hour. While doing his run he established a new record for 2000 kilometres, averaging 163.59 miles an hour.
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Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 7
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66SECOND ATTEMPT ABANDONED Southland Times, Issue 23332, 16 October 1937, Page 7
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