KAYE DON'S NEW CAR
TO ATTACK WORLD RECORD
PRODIGIOUS POWER ,
British Official Wireless. RUGBY, 2nd December. Motor racing experts are to make a careful inspection of the Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, to consider the possibility of adapting them to motor re-cord-breaking conditions. Although the sands extend for seven miles and arc in certain conditions of the wind and tide suitable for high-speed car attempts, there is a stream at one end of the run which is considered a dangerous obstacle. The problem is whether this obstruction can be overcome to give a long enough course. An inspection is being undertaken mainly at the instance of the Sunbeam Motor Company, which has constructed a 4000 h.p. Silver Bullet car, in which Kaye Don hopes to improve on the world record of 231 miles an hour established by Sir Henry Segrave in his 1000 h.p. Irving Napier Golden Arrow car at Daytona, America.
Captain Malcolm Campbell also has ambitions to establish a fresh record with a 1300 h.p. Blue Bird, designed by himself, and will use the Pendine Sands if they can bo made suitable.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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182KAYE DON'S NEW CAR Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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