The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-10
HIGHER. SPEEDS HELD POSSIBLE
 ON SALT BEDS
Racers Toy With Idea of 35O-Mile Mark in
 Future
BY JOHN W. DUNLAP


 United Press Stan Correspondent)
 Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah CUP) N-The greatest speedway in the world.
 After a summer crammed full of broken records and dazEling speed, this newly-famous salt desert is be- ing lauded the world over by motor designers, racing drivers, and speed fans.
 The vast flat expanse of salt long has been an amateur speedway for motorists between Reno and Salt Lake City, but 1t was not brought into the spotlight until tested by such racing figures as Alb Jenkins of Utah, Sir Malcolm Campbell, John Cobb, Captain c. E. T. Eyston, all of England, and many lesser known personages.
 To Jenkins and Campbell go the major share of glory in discover ing the speed possibilities of the Bonneville salt, flats. Jenkins pion- eered there for several summers, making stock car endurance runs and speed trials.
 Bluebird Gives Final Proof
 Sir Malcolm actually focused the attention of the entire world on this binding desolation of snow white salt when he brought his fa- nous Bluebird racer from England in September and attained his goal of exceeding 300 miles an hour.
 When his six-ton juggernaut roared through the measured mile for an average speed of 301.1292 miles an hour, Sir Malcolm was ju- bilant., Never before had he found such peerless surface, so long a runway (13 miles) or more ideal conditions for speed. Even the hard-packed salt acted as cooling device for the six big tires-rotating more than 3,1O0 times a minute at top speed.
 When front tire blew out at 300 miles per hour, the 2,500 horse power thunderwagon barely swerved from its course and finally stopped four miles away. On the shifting sands at Daytona Beach, the car probably would have catapaulted into the surf.
 Called Worlds Best
 Air Malcolm had searched the woEld for a perfect racetrack. He had tested the sands of the Saha- ra, the strand at Daytona Beach, Yorkshire-by-t -the-Sea in his own country, and elsewhere, but all had defects.
 Then he was told of Jenkins rac- es in Utah. He sent representa- tive to inspect the Bonneville track and was advised to make his next attempt here to raise his world mark of 276.816 miles an hour. That he cracked his old standard by 25 miles is ample proof of the supre- macy of the Bonneille course. Weather conditions were perfect, permitting him to complete all his runs within 22 hours, whereas he waited 10 weeks at Daytona for the sands to smooth.
 With Campbell, to America came Captain Eyston with his Rolls fGUyCC 0pGCO O4 VaAC w A1ANos 4AO had little difficult yin breaking Jen- kins' record of 135 miles an hour for a 24-hour endurance run, and holds the present mark of 140.522 miles an hour, in addition to seen inter- msdiary marks.
 Records Fail To Stand The 24-hour record did conSid- erable shifting this summer, with John Cobb of England lifting 1t from Jenkins in July with mark of 1348 in his Napier-Raillton Spe- cial. Jenkins then returned to the salt flats to nose out Cobb by a mere .62 of 8 mile an hour in a Deusenberg. Jenkins glory was short lied when Eyston and two re- lief driers went to work two weeks later.
 Racing men already are looking ahead to next year and more speed runs. Jenkins has made definite plans while Eyston and Cobb are reported to be considering making the long trip from England again. And as for Sir Malcolm, cen he is toying with the thought of a faster Bluebird, and perhaps a try at $50 miles an hour. Fer since the recission of the great Bonneille salt lakes centur- ies ago. this Wide alley-95 by 42 miles-has been flat as a ballroom floor and coered with 8 layer of salt. Each winter, as rain-water eaporates, a new smooth surface of salt IS deposited. The blazing de- sert sun bakes it out to cement like hardness.
 | As Sir Malcolm declared at the conclusion of his record breaking run, 'This desert is undoubtedly the finest speedway in the world New records are sure to be made