The Archive · 1929

WORLD'S MOTORING SPEED RECORD

Three Attempts to be Made this Year in Africa and U.S.

London, Feb. 5.

This year the attempts to broate the world's motoring speed record of 207.55 miles por hour ore likely to be very exciting. While Captain Malcolm Campbell is preparing to mako his attempt in South Africa, and Major Segrave is going to New York for a similar purpose, the American Automobile" Association announces that Mr. J. M. White, the owner of the 30 cylindered Triplex Special on which the present record was established by Ray Keech at Daytona Beach Inst year, me tends to send his car to Day-rona this spring, but that possibly Ralph de Palma, who put the first record' of 149.8 will replace Ray Keech at the wheel,—Reuter,

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