FOUR MILES A MINUTE
CAMPBELL’S NEW CAR ATTEMPT TO BEAT SEGRAVE'S RECORD (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 30th December. In the last few days mechanics have- ■ made a trial assembly of the car in which Captain Malcolm Campbell will attack at Daytona beach Segrave’s speed ' record. There are twenty cylinders and • a 1400 horse power engine, although . twice as powerful as ail express railway engine, is only five feet long and three feet wide. It was designed - originally for a Napier seaplane in the Schneider trophy race, but special permission of the Air Ministry lias been obtained for its use. A series of experiments of streamlining carried out by models in a wind tunnel preceded the construction of the chassis and body, and resistance has been reduced to a minimum. Campbell hopes to reach a speed of more than four miles per . t minute. •• vfe
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 January 1931, Page 5
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