1931-03-21 — Page 13

THE LAND SPEED RECORD.

(Continued from Page E.)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORİNG SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931

behind. It was not stream-lined

in the slightest degrao and did not even have a gearbox; ne a matter of fact an extraordinary arrangement had to be devised so as to enable the car to be reversed Sunbeam had been eelised and necessary in order to comply with under its own power. This was unbacked financially, immediately

the regulations. This Great put in hand the construction of the 450 h.p. Napier-Campbell in lost the record for the

time being. "Blue Bird," the power basis of which was A 12-cylindor Napier Lion aero engine.

This car was boautifully constructed and so far the most mechanical and shapely vehicle that had been designed for record-breaking.

Bot

The late St Honry Segrave backers to interest quickly themsolves in the

of design another car to regals Britain's The result was last supremacy. the Irving-Napier "Golden Arrow," frying. The engine selected was designed by Capt. J. S.

# 960 h.. two failures had, in 1927, the Schnelder Trophy leon of the seaplane. This all-British production, was built in wonderfully quick time, and in the

Campbell again chose Pentine for his objective, and aflor one or

satisfaction of regaining the record at a mean speed of 474.2224 m.p.l.

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trial Tin

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rly of 1929 it was shipped The friendly and thrilling con- Lo Daytona to compete against the tests of these two drivers, low same White-Triplex driven by Hay aver, had stirred others to action, Reech, but on this occasion and their success resulta in the handled by an unknown,

Lee Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd.. Rible.

One stepping into the fray with a car sufficient to satisfy designer and calculated to do 200 m.p.h. Their driver that the ear handled pro- engineers were not long in wet-perly and at the first favourable ting to work, and in the end they

opportunity Segrave went out for the record, which he beat by the wonderful margin of nearly 24 m.ph.. despite the fact that the sands were not in good condition.

produced a twin-engined 1,000 h.p. car with chain drive. The driver was the late Major Sir Henry Scgrave, whose cockpit was between the engines. This Sun- beam was the most powerful car that had ever been created and its aize was as awesome as its power, while it weighed four

tons Could any human being control

such a thing? The answer was given at Dayton Beach, Florida, in 1927, when the late Sir Henry piloted the leviathan over the mile at a mean speed of 203,790 m.p.h.. and additionally bad the satisfac tion of being the first person in the world to exceed n speed of 200 m.ph., for which performaner he was knighted by His Majesty

The King.

Compbell and Segrave Rivalry,

Campbell quickly got to work

the

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Two days later Bible went out and met with his death, thus end- ing the meeting. Had this fatali- ty not occurred it was the Inten- tion to take out again "The Golden

Arrow" in order to try to raise

the figure to 240 m.p.l.

Sir Malcolm's Latest Bid for Supremacy.

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WHY

RIGHT OFF HAND I'D SAY AN OCCASIONAL

FOUR

Wizard" Smith, a famous Aus-Monte Carlo 2385 miles), from

traffan driver. fle is due to make wheneo seven care started, but his attempt during this month où only one, u 525 Fist arrived at the wonderful airetch of sands finish. This car was driven by M. wel- known as Ninety Mile Beach, on Jacques Bignan, who was The urge once again to be the holder of the title was still strong Island of New Zealand. His carMonte Carlo.

the north-west coast of the North comed, as a triumphant champion at in Capt. Malcolm Campbell and in

As a matter of 1930 he announced that he would Stewart Speelal," after the person

has been named the "Fred II, fact, up to the last moment M. tid another ear with that end

Bignan was considered the absolute in view.

who is at the back of the enter-winner of the Rally, but a lengthy Unsided uncially, he

It has a similar engine to quickly put the project in hand rise.

examination of the way sheets The rewrit was the present Napier the car is practically a replica of

Beat used by Capt. Campbell, and alo

alowed that he was four minutes Campbell" "Blue Bled."

late at the control at Strasburg, with

Serru the "Golden Arrow," the chief dif- and this was sufficient to exclude Schneider Trophy type ference being the use of two tail him from the classification. This 1.150 .p. supercharged Naplerns instead of one.-The Motor. nero engine. The ear embodied

eircumstance, however, does not în many novel ideas, one of which

the least minimize the fact that M. was the mounting of the radiator

Bignon with his 626 Flat forward of the actual body shell,

morally the winner of the trial, his | whereas the radiators of the

bein the only car to arrive at previous "Blue Bird" were carried

Monte Carlo from the farthest one on each side of the tail fin.

powered

with the idea of once again re gaining the land speed record. He completely redesigned his famous "Blue Bird,” had a sejenti. Acally streamlined body fifted, and took the car to Daytona, where he

satisfaction had

of eclipsing Segrave's speed by just over #

His triumph was m.p.li. not long-lived, for a very short time after an American contender for the title, the late Itay Kench, succeeded in regaining the record for his country by less than mile an hour. The car was the White-Triplex, an unscientifically designed monster powered with three Liberty aero engines arrang- ed in unicorn fashion-one in There is also another contender front of the driver and two for the title in the person of

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This time Campbell's pluck and perseverance met with well- deserved, success, for on his first attempt

The record on February 5. late Sir Henry Segrave's speed by the big margin of 14.374 m.p.h, his mean speed for the mile being the astounding figure of 245,736 | m.p.h.

FIAT WINS.

The Monte Carlo Rally, starting point.

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All the other cars that starled from Athens were forced by the difficulties of the arduous course, to give up.

The rout International triui, which was run this year for the tenth time, saw 61 ears arrive at Monte Carlo, coming from all parts The sporting Press both in of Europe through Alight France and England has paid due difficulties due, in part, to the in-honours to the evident superiority clement weather, and partly to the of the Fint car, which was the only severity of the regulations.

car capable of covering, in the The starting point furthest depth of winter, the longest Eu- from Monte Carlo

this year was

ropean route, from beyond the town of Athena (Athene Balkans to the "Cote d'Azur.”

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