Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-17 | Page 14 | Cobb Plans Trial Run Friday to Test His Car Preparatory to Record Effort

i Co Cobb b b Plans Trial Tria 1 R Run un Friday to Test Tes t r. r His Car Preparatory to Record Effort A. K DRIVE TO BACK WHEELS 4 TWIN II 11 LlON CYLINDER NAPIER LION ENGINES J I I i 3 ELIMINATES RADIATORS COOLING 8 BY ICE IN 75 GAL TANK f k I 4 I DRIVE TO FRONT WHEELS t. t I SITS IN FRONT i N k t I w IS 15 GAL Gt OIL TANK FOR OR MOTOR OIL I I l. l NE TANK S 5 S S t S I Il i 4 i V jb 1 y U r 1 7 This diagram shows mechanical construction of Cobbs Cobb's obb s racing rating car in which he hopes to break land speed record of mph S Brit Briton n Slates Trial Attempt 1 Special to The Telegram TelegramS S WENDOVER Aug 17 John Cobb genial Briton will throttle his three and a ton half-ton Red Lion In a test run over the Bonneville Salt Flats near here early Friday Fri Fri- day Mechanics and timing officials were completing arrangements ments Thursday for the test by the theS S Briton who last year held the theland land speed record for a day at atS S miles per hour before his countryman Captain George E. E T. T Eyston lifted the mark to Its figure figure fig fig- ure tire of miles mlles per hour If Fridays Friday's trial shows th the car carIs carS S Is properly adjusted Cobb is expected ex- ex 1 S to set his record attempt S lor for Saturday at dawn I 5 The horsepower of ot the two mo I car has been Increased from 2500 to 2600 since last years year's run and a number of other refinements refinements refine- refine ments have been made which the 5 Briton riton wants to test before trying for the record