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World Speed-Record for Motor-cycle
(Rec. 10.0) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 ‘The veteran Hollywood racing driver, Roland Free, to-day sent “a black shadow” alcohol-burning Brit' ish-made motor-cycle to a new world record of 150.855 mile an hour on Salt Flats, Utah. He lay prone on the rear fender guard of his two cylinder vehicle as he made four runs over a measured mile, looking through the machine at a blaqk guide line rather than straight ahead.
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Grey River Argus, 15 September 1948, Page 6
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74World Speed-Record for Motor-cycle Grey River Argus, 15 September 1948, Page 6
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