AVERAGE OVER 104 MILES
. 500 MILES AUTOMOBILE RACE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Indianapolis, May 30. William Cummings, Indianapolis, won the 500-mile automobile race, covering the distance in 286 minutes 54 seconds, an average of 104.868 miles an hour. He eclipsed the 1933 record of 104.162. Thirty-three cars started, but a large number were forced out. A crowd of 135,000 spectators witnessed the event. There were no serious
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1934, Page 7
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