GREATER SPEED IN MOTOR-CAR RACING.
CLOSE CONTESTS LIKELY IN •* BABY ” COMPETITIONS (United Press Assn.—By Electrlo \ Telegraph—Copyright.) RUGBY, March 15. In international motor racing this season close contests in the baby class of motor-cars are expected between the M.G. Midget and the Austin 7. Yesterday, at Brooklands, George Eyston with a Midget broke two more world’s records in the baby class, namely, the mile at 96 miles an hour and the kilometre at 97 miles an hour. Eyston holds six records for this class of car, the others being gained recently on the Montlhery track, in France, namely, the five and ten miles, and the five and ten kilometres.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 64, 17 March 1931, Page 1
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