Established by New British Machine at Daytona:
Daytona, Fla,, Feb. 16.
White's American Triplex 1,600 hip. car has been eliminated from the competition for the world's speed record owing to the absence of clutch, differential and reverse ear, This means that it will be straight fight between Captain Malcolm Campbell, driving a Napier-Campbell, the Blue Bird, and Frank Lockhard' of _Indianapoli with a specially low-built ear, 400 hip, Stutz, the Black Hawk, Feb. 19.
Capt. Malcolm Campbell, the British motorist, driving' his Napier-Campbell racing-ear Blue bird, to-day broke the world's speed record with a speed of 200,95602 miles an hour.
A heavy gale was blowing daring Captain "Campbell's exploit. His maximum "speed was 2142 miles an hour, He once turned broads on while going at 210 miles an hour, but recovered and continued.
He wins " £1,000 Cap ard also £1,000 a year as long as the record stands, until the end of 1930, Both prizes were donated by Sir Charles Waketielt, Governing Direc: for of C. C, Wakefield & Ca., Ltd., of mantifacturcrs.
Later.
Captain Campbell experienced a moment of deadly danger after he had completed his task. when his machine, still proceeding at full speed, struck a soft bump of sand and swerved dangerously as if to plunge into the soft sand-dunes with inevitably fatal results.
The motorist was thrown half way from his seat.—Momentarily his fect bounced off the brakes and accelerator and his goggles slipped, down his face, obstructing his vision, but he righted his machine and, instantaneously, It roared off, atopping four miles away, The "Black owk," a specially.
built 400 HI, P. Stutz, which Franke
eacemenlldeie NIMES Tay—Reuter, Kaghter of aianspl deo Motor's Third Task London, Feb, 21, It is stated that the remarkable Napier engine used in Flight-Lieutenant Webster's seaplane which won the Schneider Trap! air race in September and which in Capt, Campbell's car, has ju raised at Daytona Beach the world' speed record on land, is to be give third task of gaining the world! speed record on water. The engine will be adapted to a motor-boat which will be driven by an English woman, Miss Carstairs. The pres ent motorboat record is 80.56 miles hour. The Napier engine has 12 cylinders arranged in three rows in the form of a broad arrow and, although it weighs only 850 th. it gives 875 lip. Its compression ratio is almost ten to one and it is recored as the most highly developed engine in existonee.—Reuter.
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