COBB TO TRY AGAIN
HIGHEST LAND SPEED FIRST ATTEMPT FAILS (Reed. Aug. 21, 9 a.m.) BONNEVILLE (Utah), Aug. 19. The motor racing driver John Cobb drove a measured mile at (Jhe rate of 352.94 miles an hour, exceeding his own record, but failing short of Captain G. E. T. Eyslon’s speed of 357.5 miles an hour.
Cobb will make an attempt to break the record at dawn on Tuesday. He stated that he believed ihis car to be capable of a speed of 400 miles an hour, although he is no. trying to set such a high figure.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 21 August 1939, Page 14
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