Show i asca k Ab 4 J Jenkins kills T rs to o CIl bIJ FRANK K BAKER J George Georgc Eyston's announcement from London that he plans a t series serie of automobile automobile- speed tests on op the Bonneville Bonne- Bonne here Utah tah is directly dir the ville yiU sa salt sak t flats in next summer result of what Ab Jenkins has accomplished on the salt beds during the past three summers The formal announcement by the British speed demon vindi vindicates ates what H H. H D D. manager for tor Abs Ab's last two runs told me last su summer imer S The British are coming he said but they're not wearIng wearing wearing wear wear- ing red coats this time No sir they're decked out in racing helmets and will be astride some of the greatest racing creations creations crea crea- imaginable According to the Associated Press dispatch Eyston is backed by the British h motor industry He is having a car specially built for the test which he has named Speed ot 01 the Wind S Briton Will Make Assault I Upon Abs Ab's Hour 24 Mark Eyston proposes to make mak a a sweeping f bid for speed records from the sprint rint class to Abs hour 24 mark of 3 2 miles The British have been experimenting with airplane motors in m their racing machines n In an effort cHort to got get high speed out of a minimum lm number num number number num ber of revolutions The low rate of revolutions of course means means longer life to the pow powerhouse se in a 1 racer racor and increases the pilots pilot's chances of making the long grinds without mechanical failures Having ing already exceeded the safety margin for most of their manS man manSS S built traces s s in England hd th the Britons have sought eagerly for other courses on en which to continue their theil c experiments t S Abs Ab's perform performances es s on th the natural Utah course struck the British O ff f- f f A imagination immediately and Abs Ab's other associates have been deluged with wito correspondence since his latest run by race drivers and engineers c seeking all possible information about the salt flats Feasibility b of ot ten and mile fifteen-mile tracks and the safety of the flat surroundings in case a car does go out of at control haVe tremendous appeal to the drivers I S l Many slips sUps can yet oc occur ur to keep Eyston Eston from seeking seeking seek seek- f ing g race fame on the flats Its It's a long way from England to Utah and its it's a tall tail step from dreaming about averaging averaging averaging ing nearly miles ap hour for 24 hours and actually S doing it as the intrepid Jenkins did last summer proposes to come to Utah of his own accord just as Jenkins S has done for three summers Meanwhile Sir Malcolm Campbell hopes S to beat his mark of miles an hour for the measured mile on the sand at Daytona Beach in February Campbell sought worth of financial assistance in planning his run here bore in n Utah Sir Malcolm is fully aware that he is taking tre tremendous risks in returning to Daytona He lIe narrowly escaped death there the last time on his mad dash down the narrow course bordered by the ocean surf on one side and the sand band dunes on the other If Campbell doesn't meet an untimely end or retire hell he'll probably IJ I I 4 I have to come to Utah yet if he hopes to realize his dream of being the first man to travel miles an hour in nn an automobile Undoubtedly hell he'll be willing to talk more reasonable terms by then The city and state will be willing to cooperate to a deserving degree to tonny any pr that will vill bring the worldwide world attention that such speed speedS S attempts wH earn S S S T t state t is awakening aw to the realization that these beds beds' have ha haa a publicity value of oT inestimable degree beS because be- be S cause ause of ir adaptability pt for a race course A t w people peo pie have sensed it t f for r a long time but it has taken Ab AbS S Jenkins enkins to prove it t. t 5 5 |