The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-04
JENKINS SEES POSTWAR CARS
 s ALL, FAST
By GLEN ROBERTSON

by GLEN BObEHVSON United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 Salt Lake City, Jan. 4-(UP)-Ab Jenkins, holder of international speed racing records and mayor of this city, is convinced that peace will see new type motor cars on super highways"
 Jenkins, who has broken more than 500 auto-racing records in his 70 years in the racing game and plans to break more, also predicted heavy increase in air trave:.. Fam ily-t type transport planes will share garages with little plastic cars to provide two means of locomotion for the postwar public, he fore- casts.
 T believe the car of the future will be small and streamlined, with extensive use of plastics," Jenkins declared. Motor cars will be low cost and economical to run. There will be more space inside and un- obstructed vision to add to the safety and comfort of the occu- pants"
 Less Engine, More Power
 ''More horsepower will be de- Veloped with smaller engines" the mayor added, land the use of high octane gas, plastics and improved rubber products will mean increased power and durability. The car of the postwar period will be fast, safe and durable"
 To accommodate the myriads of little autos which will be built, Jenkins believed super highways will be constructed with under passes, overpasses, and divided traf- f1c streams to permit the safe use of increased speeds. "The building of super highways may be one of the great public works projects after the war;" he said.
 Postwar auto traffic depends on postwar auto racing, Jenkins in- dicated, noting that racing cars always have been pioneers of the automobile industry.
 Racers First Streamlined
 "Streamlining was first devel- oped on the race track" he said, when headlights and lenders were stripped from car to prove more speed could be developed with less wind resistance. It was found that streamlined cars could run more economically, too"
 Postwar racing Is a subject naturally dear to the heart of 61- year-old Jenkins, who predicted that records will topple as never before when new industrial de- velopments fostered by the war are placed at the disposal of drivers.
 T expect to break a few of those records myself, If my plans go through and old age doesn't slow me down." the Iron man" of rac- ing declared.
 T hope to break the world land speed mark by going 400 miles an hour for the measured mile. Also, I want to be the first man to aver age 200 miles in single hour, and to cover 4,O00 miles in 24-hour run," he added.
 Holds Many Records
 Jenkins now holds virtually all major speed records except the one held by John Cobb of England, who drove 369.7 m.ph. through a meas ured mile On the Utah Bonneville salt flats three years ago.
 The racing mayor of Salt Lake City is regarded as one of the worlds greatest raicng drivers, and was the first man to recognize the. value of Utah's salt flats as a race course He zoomed across the saline speedway with a motorcycle in 1910, and again in 1925 with an automobile. Since then hundreds of world records have been broken on the salt bed flat. -.
 Jenkins holds every automobile record over set on a circular track. In 194O, with the aid of a relief driver, Cliff Bergere, he made new marks for all closed track records up to and including the 24-hour mark. He averaged 161.18 m.p.h. for 24 hours in that run.
 I'm almost positive I can break Cobb's record next time," Jenkins said.