CAMPBELL’S GREAT SPEED
OFFICIAL ATTEMPT DELAYED.
TROUBLE STRUCK AT DAYTONA.
(British Official Wireless)., Rec. 5.5. p.m. . . Rugby, Feb. 4. Captain Malcolm Campbell estimated his speed at one point in the trial run yesterday on Day ima beach at 260 miles an hour. Owing to the adverse conditions he did not make an official attempt om the world speed record but during the <:hibition run he covered a measured mile at miles an hour coasting in neutral. Afterwards the gearslipping was measured to prevent a recurrence of the trouble, which may futther delay his making an official attempt on the record.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1931, Page 8
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