Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-22 | Page 18 | Many Crans Seek Chance to Drive Campbell's Car

Many Cranks Seek Chance i To Drive Campbells Campbell's CarBy Car Caf By HENRY McLEMORE ORE I United Press Sports Sport Writer riter I DAYTONA BEACH Fla Fa Feb 22 22 Il If Sir Malcolm Campbell Is u un un 1 ible ble to coax a speed of miles an hour from his mighty might Bluebird there is a young youn North Carolina tobacco farmer who will catch the first fint I train south and show v him how to do it ft I And if it the North C Carolinian fail tail there is a Massachusetts fisherman fisher fisherman man an Idaho potato grower rower and a silk hosiery salesman from Crom Jacksonville Jacksonville Jackson Jackson- ville ready to step into the cockpit and daredevil all over the beach These gentlemen along with several several sev sev- eral others have volunteered by mail since Sir Malcolm arrived in Amer America ca Letters from be would racing racing rac rae in ing drivers fill Cill the mail every day as do helpful hints from Crom amateur engineers and mechanics The North Carolina tobacco farmer after advising he was 22 broke and disgusted had this to say jay I I think that Bluebird thing of yours ours can go o and Im I'm the manfor man manfor manfor for the job I will wm give it all the gas its it's got and if iC it kills kilts me that'll be beall beall beall all right too Im tired of ot farming arming anyway l I aint afraid of ot high speeds because I lint amt never been that fast The fastest last fast est I ever went was GO 60 per but the car I was in was so it felt like c Give me a chance at that thal baby of ot yours and Ill I'll push it along Dont Don't think Im I'm nuts Drop me a line right away avay and down Ill I'll come A Mr John Deable of ot Whitefish Falls FaiLs Ont wrote in to point out al 31 grave ra c mistake in the construction of oC f the thc Bluebird Bluebird-a a mistake which Mr 2 Dea le thinks will send Sir Malcolm straight ht up amon among the angels According to what whal I can see ee from the photos wrote Mr Deagle the I front and back ends of ol your racer stick out beyond the axles At the thc enormous speed at which you travel I such a construction t on has a tendency to cause your car to develop a n swaying motion that will quickly develop inlo into r a to and fro alternating movement If It you ou wish h to test out what I mean securely bolt one or two ordinary railroad rails under an ordinary car well extended out over the axles and lr try and drive fast You'll find it ter terrible So fix Bluebird up Bear in mind that thal you ou owe it to your tamil family your our friends your our country countr your our science and the motoring world not to 3 jeopardize yourself our eU j The Idaho daredevil in proposing I Bluebird be turned over to him con con- conJ J J Jan an unhappy marria marriage e and its its resultant alimony caused him to seek a drivers driver's seat I jj My wife wiCe never would catch me in ln J j j th that lt buggy bugny of yours he wrote And 1 that would make all the risks worth while Ill I'll bring by own uniform i goggles and all And all you'll have J to do is fill till that Bluebird up with gas and stand back It'll be or me The silk hosiery salesman's talkIng talking talk talk- I ing point was sa based on his knowledge t o of bad roads i I 1