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MOTOR RACING.
WORLD'S RECORD ESTABLISHED
By Telegraph— Freas Association—Copyright
neuter's Telegrams. (Received October 2, 1.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 1
The Astor Cup Motor Race was won by Aitken in a French J?eugeot. He covered 260 miles, at an average of 104 miles an hour, a world's record. (The previous record was held by Da Palmer, who drove a Mercedes car 250 miles in 2hr 47min 6seo in 1915. Aitken's speed works out at 2hr 24min 13.85ec.)
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17288, 2 October 1916, Page 11
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77MOTOR RACING. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17288, 2 October 1916, Page 11
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