New Britain herald., 1930-02-14
STAGE ATTACKS
 0N SPEED MARKS
Kaye Don Will Attempt to Better
 Major Se6raYe's Record

-Twcnty-tive years ago Henry Ford in q five cylinder automobile Of his own design figured among the earliest attempts to smash speed records in the smooth packed sands forming the natural speedway ot Daytona Beach.
 Eleven years ago Ralph De Palma eamblcd with stakes ot $lo,00O 10" the establishment Of a new record and won as he roared over the straightaHay at rate of nearly loV miles an hour.
 Last year as the climax Of ycn- turc costing upwards of s90.000 Sir Henry Q. D. Scagravo streaked the measured mile" in his Golden Ar row at the latc of 93l.362 miles per hour for new worlds record by q substantial margin.
 Now, as the climax of q keen British rivalry being fought out on American s cs, Kaye Don will at tempt to surpass Segravc's record with his 4t cylinder Sunbeam "Sil- rrr Bullet" in the record trials scheduled March 1'-3o on the stretch ot sand that has become the most famous battle-ground of spcod in the world
 bon famous British driver IS bringing over il machine designed especially for the tests by Louis Coatclcn, | frcnclIman, who hI5 been i'll tho uotorcar business in England for about % years. Behind this years attempt is q dramatic story of years of rivalry i'll the de 5ign and success ot speed machines
 The attack upon speed records on DaytonA leach scene of all sue i ccs3ful attempts since 1904 with cX- ! ccprion O. one year, 1926, has been confined almost exclusively to Brit ! iah drivers in tho last ten years, Three Of the last four record Smash- ing performances here have been registered by Major Sc:ravc and Captain Malcolm Campbell.
 The fourth, by Ray Kccch in the Inflated White TriplcH. represents | the only American contribution. | kccch now Is dead and the machine ] in which he set the record was de moljshed in the fatal crash of Lee Bible last year.
 l With q few exceptions, American manufacturers have not manifest cd interest in building the machines { that rush down this smooth packed straightaWay at terrific speeds 1'he | opinion seems to he that the auto. mobile business has been too gooI to permit this diversion.
 Although uot u maker of Conl- i mercial machines, J. NJ. White of i Philadelphia, has remained ill the ! field. Despite the disaster to his original 56 cylinder triplcN It is understood by Daytona Beach off ctals that White plans construction Of t5 cylinder machine with which 10 attempt record trials in 1881. The record now is at q point where . experts consider the limit not far off, although the advance balyhoo for bon is that he expects 10 reel oll 'hc mile at Il rate ol 25o miles per hour
 Under t,o direction this year of ''tl lLrc-uHirr, former secretary of '0to contest ho%rd ot American Auto- mootl d. ocjltjon, the city Of bay 'oHa I''aru has Irl} its speed ,'iaIs "u q ha-' drsign.h to make them #u aW0al worlds championship for a taal t-u gf.rs-
 TT" rit} bas undcrwritrn the venture op"u'd if 10 tho public ire. ."D4 removed any possibility of its
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