MOTOR SPEEDS
NEW RECORD FOR BROOKLAHDS fßrilifih Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, April 2. .(Iloceivcd April 3, at noon.) Driving his British Sunbeam racing car in half a gain of wind, the British motorist, Kayo Don, yesterday established a new record for the Brooklands track with a speed of 132{ miles an hour. The track was originally built for a speed of 120 miles an hour, as the designer never thought that any c?r would exceed sttch a speed.
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Evening Star, Issue 20140, 3 April 1929, Page 8
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80MOTOR SPEEDS Evening Star, Issue 20140, 3 April 1929, Page 8
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