MOTOR SPEED RECORDS
FAST TIMES AT BROOKLANDS,
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received this day at 12.25. p.m.) RUGBY, July 1.
Driving his British Sunbeam car at Brooklands to-<lay, Kaye Don, the famous racing motorist, beat the world’s record from a standing start for a mile, covering the distance at the rate of 100.77 miles per hour.
Don also beat Class C. records as follows:. —Standing start, kilometre, 85.91 miles per hour; flying start, kilometre 140.95 miles per hour; flying start, mile, 136.98 miles per hour. During the effort a swallow struck the mechanic in the face and the bird was killed by the impact, but the mechanic was not seriously hurt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1929, Page 5
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