Evening star., 1935-09-03
CAMPBELL BREAKS.
RECORD WITH 3D4.
M.P.H. TOP SPEED.
Averages 299.875 Miles an
Hour on Utah'S Salt
Flats.
BLUEBIRD'S TIRES TORN
TO SHREDS BY PACE
Bucks Wind and Loses Time on
Return Trip-Plans to Try
Again Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

September 3.-Sir Malcolm Campbell,
England's man of superspeed, bettered
his own world record for land speed
today on the salt beds Of Utah with
an average Of 299.875 miles an hour.
Campbell sent his mighty Bluebird
laundering through the measured mile
on his second run in a slightly slower
time than on his first trial. On the
opening dash he made the mile in
ll.83 seconds for q speed Of 304.3ll
miles an hour.
Will Try Again Tomorrow.
Keenly disappointed because he
missed by fraction his cherished goal
of 800 miles an hour. Campbell an
nounced today he would make q sec
ond attempt at this mark tomorrow,
conditions permitting.
On the second run. travelling south
west. Sir Malcolm experienced trouble
that apparently slowed him up slight
ly. Half way through the measured
mile. he said, he was driving blindly
because steam and exhaust fumes
flowed into the cockpit, because he
had closed the ventilator on the front
Of the car.
He was forced to open the shutter
and was pelted by a stream OF salt
He emerged from the ordeal without
a trace Of nervousness.
12.005 Average for Mile.
His average time for the measured
mile was l2.005. compared to his for
mer record. set last March at Day.
tona Beach, Fla, Of 13005.
On his second trip over the snow
white expanse of salt he was clocked
in 1918 seconds for the measured
mile and his speed was 295.566 miles
an hour.
The average Of the two times
brought him new record, just a
fraction under the goal of 800 miles
an hour, or miles a minute, he
had set for himself.
His first run, In which he developed
the almost unbelievable speed Of a
fraction over 304 miles an hour, was
made into the glare Of the sun, with
slight. favoring cross-wind. On the
second trip he was bucking the wind
bit.
Little Dumping.
His top speed exceeded by nearly
% miles his old record of 276816,
made at Daytona Beach.
The mighty Bluebird thundered
over the smooth course without bump
ing noticeably, while thousands Of
spectators watched from vantage
points.
The flying Enelishman halted at the
northeast end of the straight-away
with a fiat left front tire. He came
to a stop without accident.
THE tire made loud pop" he
said, 'and I swerved out of line. I
snapped the old lady back quickly
and there wasn't much trouble in
the run to the stop. I was going
around 800 miles an hour at the time.
"The tires were scorching hot. In
fact. burned my fingers on one of
them"
The terrific strain also caused the
left inside tire of the duplex rear
wheels to be torn to shreds.
1t annoyed Sir Malcolm consider
ably, and he urged his mechanics:
Hurry, boys. hurry. We've got to
be up
Rules on record attempts permit
only an hour for work on the car
after the first run.
Because of the blowout Campbell
stopped short, and 1t cost him about
half mile on the getaway for his
second run. He said he thought this
was partly responsible for his lower
speed on the second trip.
The six-ton cars terrific speed
nearly equaled the United States air
plane speed record of 304.98, but was
more than 100 miles under the world
plane speed record of 423.822.
Sets Another Record.
Campbell also swept aside the old
world record for S kilometers, set when
he established the former mile mark.
He turned the 5 kilometerS in
37.91, at average of 295 .0319, exceed
ing even his old record time for the
mile. The former record for the
longer distance was 4s.47, at average
of 257 295.
Donald Campbell. the speed kings
15-year-old son. was in tears when
he greeted him. Rushed to the finish