SPEED RECORD SMASHED
CAPTAIN MALCOLM CAMPBELL ACHIEVES OVER 206 MILES AN HOUR SEGRAVES PERFORMANCE ECLIPSED By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Rec. February 20, 7.5 p.m.) New York, February ID. At Daytona Beach, Florida, Captain Malcolm Campbell established a new world’s speed record, driving his “Bluebird” machine 206.95 miles and hour. Assisted by a strong wind, the tachometer registered 220 miles nn hour at one time, but the roughness of the beach slowed the pace. FIRST MILE COVERED IN SIXTEEN SECONDS (Rec. February 20, 8.55 p.m.) New York, February 19. Captain Malcolm Campbell’s actual average in his Napier “Bluebird” Special was 206.95602 miles an hour. The first mile took 16.76 seconds, or at the rate of 214 miles an hour; the second mile against the wind, 18.3 seconds (a rate of 199.66722 ■ miles an hour). The average time was 17.395 seconds to the mile, and the average speed 206.95602 miles an hour. Segrave’s former record was 203.79 miles an hour.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 9
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157SPEED RECORD SMASHED Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 9
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