Show I FRANK K BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR WENDOVER Aug Already 30 30 Already looking forward to further racing on the Bonneville salt flats next summer Captain George E. E T. T Eyston has applied for the seasons season's first racing permit here next year In placing his application before Gus P. P Backman executive executive ex ex- secretary of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce com com- commerce merce and secretary for the Bonneville Speedway association association tion the Englishman set at rest all wonderment about what he intends to do hereafter in the racing field Backman told The Telegram today that the application had already been placed before James II H Ball Dall president of the speedway association and attorney for the Bonneville corporation the owner of the salt flats The request probably probably probably ably will be granted too Many observers believe that Captain Eyston might still make another run this seas season n. n Certainly his bis record of 3 mph set last Saturday does not represent the cars car's maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum speed The Briton topped mph last Wednesday on the south run when a timing trap failure deprived him of a record record rec rec- ord and he said at the time that he still had some throttle left A number of unofficial sources contended from hand hand- operated timing devices that the captains captain's ton seven-ton machine had thundered through the mile at mph All AJl this leads members of the wise racing-wise fraternity to be believe believe believe be- be lieve that with proper track conditions Captain Eyston could substantially boost his already pretentious record This belief is based of course upon the premise that the car Would withstand withstand with with- With With-I stand the withering pace of being forced to the limit on both runs through the mile Heretofore the captain has not gunned the car in both After doing mph on the north run Saturday the captain elected to take things comparatively easy on the return dash It was the sagacious thing to do By running back slightly slower than he went north the captain set up an average ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately mph There here is always a greater possibility that something might go wrong wrong when the car is pushed to the limit than when it is driven more carefully This conservatism on the back run explains why s so many folks believe that Captain Eyston might even consider consider consider con con- con con- sider further trials this year rather than wait another year It is universally agreed that if Cobb should shade his record by a few miles the former British army captain would scarcely be content to go home without an attempt to re regain regain regain re- re gain the worlds world's championship before the current season ends Last weeks week's remarkable performance gave the a ample reason to believe that his car can boost the record still higher and while Cobb has been preparing to attack the current mark the captains captain's crew has made absolutely no preparations to crate the car for a trip back to England If anything the activities around Eyston's headquarters have been exactly to the contrary Mechanics have torn down vital parts of the machine and engineers have pored over the working parts with infinite care In other words it would not take much to spur the captain into a renewed attempt within a short time Mechanics mounted a new set of tires for the Thunderbolt Monday Should the command come to get the machine ready to togo togo togo go again gain that detail would be out of the way And the urge to hold the record over the winter will inspire both Cobb and Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Eyston to their maximum effort |