Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 1 | Hard to Tell Who Was Happiest Man on Field after Run Ended

t. t Hard lIard to T Tell ll Who Tho W Was Pas s Happiest Man l on Field After f Run Ended Assistants Sh Shut ut in Gl Glee e as Ti Timer er and Big I Racer Perform Perfectly BONNEVILLE LE SALT FLATS Aug 27 27 There were a a. lot Jot of happy folks here today when Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain tamn E E. T. T Est Eyston t broke his own world land speed speed record But it was hard to say who was the most delighted d There were were k a number of outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing candidates 1 The I-The The genial genial l bespectacled caplain captain cap cap- capLain lain tain himself who t topped miles per hour for tor the eighth time 2 Art 2 Art Pillsbury chief timer whose responsibility laden shoulders shoulders shoulders ders were bending under the strain of ot the race 3 3 Ernie Ernie Clover AAA electrician clan cian who has spent co countless if wakeless hours in an effort to work the discrepancies which brought bout about last lut Wednesdays Wednesday's timing failure 4 Gus t-Gus Gus P. P Backman executive secretary of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce whose other other other oth oth- er duties with the Speedway us cia io Include a general the hazardous hazardous hazardous hazar- hazar hazar al dous sport on thc f RUL t. t 5 5 Dr H. H T. T Plumb district en engineer engineer en- en n- n for the General Electric company Lake Cit City who conferred with the timers on their problems s v Wh When n Jt the rc round round nd trip bad ad been C 1 ot ese rf lJ J t M Col I Sly i ALA 1 Hard Harel to t Tell Who Wll Was Happiest Man on Field After Run Ended Continued from Page One completed Pillsbury raced across the salt to learn If it all traps had responded properly Backman's reply In the affirmative sent Pillsbury Pillsbury Pills Pills- bury in quest of ot Clover and Dr Plumb who he all aU but embraced In his delight I 41 feel like Mount Everest just got up off me Pillsbury said happily Backman was one of the Individuals Individuals Indi Indi- who prevailed in behalf of the timers for Dr Plumb to join their staff in the present crisis Dr Plumb has spent the last three days here working almost without sleep and food along with the others in their feverish attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to speed and light reflection n. n On the belief that the sunlight neutralized the beam of the electrIc electric elec elec- trio eye last Wednesday the officials officials om- om painted a huge black line across the track at the ends of the mile and set up a black barrier barrier bar bar- rier ncr across the course to shield the photoelectric cell ceU from the suns sun's reflection off the salt The electric current was wu turned off before Wore the run and a mile down the course signaled the cars car's approach so that the power could be switched on about 10 seconds before the car was to enter the mile This policy it was wu pointed out rested the photo cell In his anxiety over the performance perform perform- ance of ot the apparatus Dr Plumb left the timing tower and took up his vigil near one of the electrIc electric elec elec- ey eyes as the car hurtled up he e course He stood within two car lengths of the track when the machine thundered past him at nearly oo feet a second Did you feel any wind pressure or vacuum from the car cat he was wasI asked Really he said I was wasso wasso wasso I so excited about the equipment working that I didn't pay much attention to anything like that Suffice It to say It was one of the most ost remarkable experiences I have ever had It would be Impossible impossible impossible im Im- im- im possible to manually operate those traps The car has come and gone before k a man could lift his hand Dr Plumb wh who has held his present position pO for 26 years formerly formerly formerly for for- merly was professor of ot electrical engineering at Purdue and in New York He Ho is Ls a graduate of oC the University of Wisconsin His hobby r research earch Is light and its reflection for many years gave him some extremely valuable help helpIn In the timing problem