SPEED RECORD CLAIMS
152 MILES IN AN HOUR IN A CAR, LONG DISTANCE TRIAL RUNS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 10.30 p.m. Salt Flats (Utah), July 12. John Cobb, the British racing motorist, covered 152.11 miles in an hour driving on the Salt Flats to-day. He is claiming a world record. He is also claiming world records as follows: 154.46 miles an hour for 50 kilometres, 153.13 miles ari hour for 100 kilometres; 153.24 miles an hour for 200 kilometres; 150.6 miles an hour for 50 miles; 152.95 miles an hour for 100 miles.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1935, Page 7
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