Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-25 | Page 20 | Cobb's Ten Mile Run Should be Thriller

I Cobbs Cobb's Ten Mile Run Should Be Thriller I J John hn Cobbs Cobb's attempt to crack l ithe the automobile speed r records cords for five and ten miles mUes' Saturday morning on the Bonneville Bonne Salt Flats promises to be even more spectacular than h his I a record record- breaking breaking- run through the mile mUe i and kilometer Wednesday I Itay M May tay y Move Mo Taster FastelIn In fact the London fur broker Is very apt to be traveling faster taster past the timing tower than he I did in setting the new land speed record of m. m p. p h. h Because of this fact there is the possibility that he might even lift the record above That depends of course on timIng timing tim Um ing officials being able to operate timing traps on the mile mUe or kilometer kilometer kilometer kilo kilo- meter in addition to the five e and ten mile mUe stretches The run will be made over the same mile 13 straightaway used for all of ot his other runs That means he will viii have only a amile amile amile mile and a n. half halt start before beginning be ginning the ten miles mUes and have only that much to make his complete complete complete com com- halt after completing the theten theten theten ten miles mUes To Cut Throttle Because of this fact he will have to be cutting the throttle and working the brakes long before the ten mile run Is fin fin- Reid Railton the cars car's designer designer designer de de- de- de signer estimates that the car wont won't be traveling much over m. m p. p h. h to start the ten miles and that It ft will have to tobe be cut down to at least a hundred m. m p. p h. h at the other end This Thi means that the car will have to to be traveling well beyond m. m p. p h. h In the middle of the course I r 1 t It I t t tt t L John Cobb Cobb Hell He'll have to use brakes long before he ho finishes ten-mile ten sprint A The record for tor the five miles mUes is a set e t by Sir Malcolm Campbell at Daytona Beach Beath Florida in 1935 1933 The ten mile record of 2239 miles per hour was set by the late Berndt at Frankfort Germany in 1937 Cobbs Cobb's new flew land speed record his his average for the round trip rip through the kilometer Wednesday Wednes day day Is Is faster than the American Ameri Amen can record for a land plane Cobbs Cobb's mark Is m. m p. p h. h compared to the plane record of ol m. m p. p h. h set by Howard Hughes of Los Angeles September Septem Septem- ber 13 1935 The worlds world's land speed airplane airplane airplane air air- plane record is still about 10 m m. p. p h. h above Cobbs Cobb's mark being m. m p. p h. h It was set by chief hiet Pilot of the BavarIan Bavarian Bavarian Ba Ba- varian Airplane works Germany Ger- Ger many nany November 11 1937 The worlds world's seaplane record is much higher being m. m p p. p h. h and It was set by Lieutenant Francesco Agello of Italy in 1935 Cobb will try to run shortly after dawn Saturday probably getting under way about o'clock Salt Lake City time