SEGRAVE’S MYSTERY CAR

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 474, 2 October 1928, Page 9

SEGRAVE’S MYSTERY CAR

TO ATTACK SPEED RECORD SIGHTS AND BULL’S-EYES (United Service) LONDON, Monday. The Golden Arrow, In which Major H. O. D. Segrave hopes to break the record at Daytona Beach, is practically complete. The gear box contains many secrets, especially the teeth gear wheels, and is carefully guarded. The car is to be equipped with sights resembling those of rifles to assist in steering. The “Daily Mail” says stop-watches are inaccurate for the purpose of timing such great speeds. Consequently Major Segrave will drive over electrical timing strips at the beginning and the end of a one-mile course. These strips will be 26ft long and will be indicated by posts. After speeding over 1-1 miles the driver will see a gigantic target with a bull’s-eye erected on scaffolding above the posts. Through a telescope fixed to the car he will secure a centre-sight line on the bull’s-eye at the start and drive at it. He will pick up the second bull’s eye at the end of the course when he has hurled past the start. Major Segrave says it is impossible to steer by ordinary objects. Timing posts and flags are merely blurs and the new method will be of enormous assistance.