NEW AMERICAN RECORD
The time for all Ameriean automobile recordsi for high' speed was bettered recently by a current model Pierce-Arrow 12-cylinder roadster when Ab Jenkins covered 2710 miles around a circular course in 24 hours, maintaining an average speed of 122.91 miles an hour. His only stops were brief ones for refuelling. The run was made in the salt beds. at Salduro, Utah, and was sponsored and authenticated by the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. It bsttered all Ameriean land speed records for 100 miles or more, including the Indianapolis Speedway figure established by Fred Frame in this year's 500-mile race.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 December 1932, Page 2
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103NEW AMERICAN RECORD Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 December 1932, Page 2
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