The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-25
BROKEN TIMING
DEVICE SPOILED
five mile DASH
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Proves Worlds Fastest
Auto Driver-Set Three
New World Records
Yesterday
BY JACK TROY
UNITED Press Correspondent


Daytona Beach, Fla, Feb U.s.
(UP)-Dissatisfied with his three
world automobile speed records set
yesterday, Captain Sir Malcolm
Campbell, hawk-faced British rae
ing driver, was determined to bull
let over the beach to-day in his
supercar Bluebird for six new
world records.
Flashing over the white coral
sands yesterday like a blurred,
blue streak, Sir Malcolm and his
car established the following amaz-
ing record average speeds for
three distances:
"a One mile-253.96S miles an
hour, betetring his own record by
1926 miles an hour.
ca One kilometer--251.340
miles an hour.
ca Five kilometers-241.569
miles an hour, lettering his own
record by 25.524 miles an hour.
Hard Luck
Only broken timing device pre-
vented him from hanging up q new
mark for five miles. One Of the
traps broke. Timers were unable
to clock him for that distance. All
records were made during the same
two 10 mile runs, southwark and
northward on the beach.
To-day, Sir Malcolm was pre-
pared to shatter records for one
mile, one kilometer, five miles, five
kilometers, 10 miles and 10 kilo-
meters.
Late last night, the lean Bril-
fisher with the blistered hands an
nounced, II shall definitely attempt
to better all records up to ten
miles Thursday if beach conditions
remain good"
At midnight, with the tide partly
ebbed, the beach presented the
same pavement-lik surface of yes
terday. Moreover. there was no In
dication of heavy winds to deter
the record attempts.
Some 10000 spectators watched
the long, fish-shaped Bluebird
bore through a strong northeast
wind yesterday, carrying it's driver
over the beach faster than man
ever before has Travelled on the
ground. When the timers an
nounced he had broken the rec
ord for the mile the crowded
stands Numbered their ovation.
All u ouuN1Cus
When Sir Malcolm shot down
the beach on his spectacular first
run, he took timing officials and
spectators by surprise because 1t
had been understood this run
was merely to have been a trial.
But, sensing the coordination be-
tween perfect beach and roaring
motor, he stepped on the gas ana
plunged southwark at such speed
that officials could scarcely be-
lieve their own timing devices.
Without waiting for an inspection
of tires or mechanism, the daring
pilot, squeezed low in the cockpit
and huddled over the huge wheel,
turned the Bluebird under its own
power at the 12-mile post and
aimed his blue projectile north
ward. He streaked over the course
brought the hurting craft to nall
| The A, A. A. timers announced
the official clocking as follows: one
mile-south, 13.46 seconds at 267.45S
miles an hour; north, 1889 seconds
at 241.773 miles an hour. Two
way average 14.175 seconds and
| 253.968 miles an hour.
| One kilometer: South, 1858 sec
onds. or 262 miles an hour; north
9.27 seconds or 241.308 miles an
hour, Two way average, $50
seconds and 251.340 miles an hour.
Five Kilometres: South ABB Sec
onds or 252.304 miles an hour;
north 1927 seconds or 231.71O
miles an hour. Two-way average.
46.30 seconds and 241.669 miles an
hour.
Raced Before.
Campbell has established his
previous records Of the one mile.
245.733 miles an hour, and one
kilometer, 246.086 miles an hour,
at Daytona Beach, February rs,
1881. He made his five kilo-
meter record Of 218.045 miles an
hour at Verneuk Pan, South At
RIGA, April 26, 1929.