BID FOR RECORDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1066, 2 September 1930, Page 14

BID FOR RECORDS

WOMEN MOTORIST’S PLAN RUN OF 44,000 MILES Details of a great bid that is shortly j to be made by a woman motorist to j place Great Britain ahead of all other j nations in the matter of world motor- | ing records are published by the i “Daily Express.”

Miss Violet Cordery, heroine of many great motoring feats of endurance, is to captain a team composed of herself and three men drivers in an attempt to cover a distance of 44,000 miles in 28 days. The distance is equivalent approximately to twice the distance round the world, or onesixth of the distance from the earth to the moon. It will entail one of the greatest tests of physical endurance ever undertaken by a woman. Of the 59 world’s motoring records, Great Britain holds eight, France 37, the United States seven, Belgium six, and Italy one. While Britain holds the most cov-: eted of all motoring records, such as | the world’s fastest speed records for the kilometre, and the mile and other short distances, it has gradually during the past few years yielded to other countries most of the world's longdistance records. Miss Cordery with her team hopes in one stride to win back 19 of them, which will give Britain the lead. To do so, they will have to cover the first 25,000 miles at more than 68.47 miles an hour, and 30,000 miles at more than 68.3 miles an hour. They will also have to average more than 65.9 miles an hour for the first 16 days. Actually she has arranged a schedule of 70 miles an hour for 35,000 miles, and 65 miles an hour for the last lap of 9,000 miles.

Miss Cordery is 29 years of age, tall, fair, and somewhat frail-looking. Looks, however, are deceptive, for she has emerged triumphant from many feats of endurance. Some time ago, with a companion, she drove 30,000 miles in 30,000 minutes on the Brooklands track. She drove single-handed round the world, and twice won the coveted Dewar Trophy for the most meritorious performance in any one year. The car will be running for the full 28 days and nights, except for brief stops for replenishments.