Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-24 | Page 19 | John Cobb Will Run Saturday for Five and Ten-Mile Marks

John Cobb Will Run Saturday For Five and Ten Mile Marks Marl B Saturday morning will probably f find nd John Cobb of Landon London London Lon Lan don back on the Bonneville Salt Flats lat trying to add the five- five and t ten mile speed d records to his his' new land land- speed mark of mph he said here Thursday Mechanics are alre already dy going over his Red Railton-Red Lion car at Weh Wendover ver getting it ready for the new undertaking He lifted the l land nd speed mark about 12 mph early Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day with willi his his' round trip through gh th the kilometer His average through the measured mile was mph and his trip north was made at at mph as he approached mph just b before fore cutting the throttle The record for 10 miles is 2514 mph and was set by Sir Malcolm Campbell at Daytona Beach Fla March 7 1935 There is is' the possibility tn that t Cobb might even lift his aver average ge for the mile while going after the longer records r. r