The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
bang GO RECORDS
FRENCH PILOT GOES FASTER
THAN MAN EVER TRAVELLED.
Makes Unusual Speed in Same Car
He Will Drive at indianapolis.

1 Shattering all previous speed rec
/ ordsy not excepting those of aviation,
/ Jules Goux, the French motor pilot,
! has succeeded in covering 106 miles
/ 307 yards in an hour, driving the
: Peugeot car, which he will pilot in
the third annual 500-mile Interna-
/ tional Sweepstakes Race at the Indi-
annapolis Motor Speedway, May 80.
Goux has been testing his car at
/ Brooklands, England, in preparation
for the 500-mile race at indianapolis.
Since Percy Lambert made his un-
| usual record, Goux has made three
efforts to beat it, succeeding on his
third attempt. On his first trial the
Frenchman proved that his car had
the necessary speed but a loosened
shock absorber caused him to discon-
/ tinue the run before the hour had
elapsed. During his second attempt
he was beset with tire trouble and
was compelled to make two stops.
Even with this handicap he drove 100
miles 321 yards in the allotted sixty
minutes. The remarkable record
which he has at last succeeded in
making only bears out the statement
he made when he first went to Brook
lands, in which he promised to defeat
all worlds records before participat-
ing in the Indianapolis race. The
car which he is driving is now known
throughout England and France as
the Indianapolis Peugeot.
Not only did the Frenchman shat
ter the hour mark, but he set new
records for the so and 100-mile marks.
The former distance was negotiated
in :2S 1855 and the latter in :56:29.9S.
The former records were by Lam
bert. He made the fifty miles in
:2904 and the 100 miles in :57:49.48
on Feb. Is.
1t is hard to appreciate the real
speed which Goux attained. He trav-
eled a distance of 106.29 miles in sixty
minutes, or at rate of 155 ITO feet
second. If the car had been equipped
with 34x4 wheels, each wheel would
have made 62,S32 revolutions for the
entire distance. The average tour
ing car engine at a IL to 1 ratio
would have to turn over 1866 times
each minute to keep the pace. 1t
has been figured out that if the driv-
er had applied both brakes he could
not have stopped his car in less than
l 1-10 miles or $3.50 feet,
Comparing the speed Of the Peu-
geot to the muzzle velocity of 49,
inch gun used in the United States
Navy, it is found that Goux travelled
more than 1-10 as fast as a ball from
one of the large guns. The speed of
the bullet is approximately 1,400 feet
a second These comparisons will
assist no doubt, in giving some faint
idea of the great speed of the car.
British pride is said to have sus-
tanned a terrific blow by the success !
of the Frenchman, as the natives of
England believed the marks set by
their counlrymen could not be low
cred. Goux has been after the rec
ords for some time and in his last at
tempt came close to breaking the |
mark for the hour. Tire trouble |
alone kept him from the goal. He
kept right on trying, however, and the
result has been another proof added |
to the long list Of those which assert
that perseverance conquers all things.
It is expected that the present mark
will stand for long time, but others
may try just as hard, as it would seem
that the limit has not been reached. |
Human endurance will have to be fig
ured on when 1t comes to lowering
the mark