Show Y MAJ MAJOR R S RA V GOES VR OVER MILES AN HOUR Travels So Fast Cameramen Camera Camera- men Have Hard Time Watching WIFE COVERS EYES Afraid to Look When Car Hits Hits Hits' W Water a er DAYTONA BEACH Fla March 11 Major AP-Major H. H O. O D. D British race driver set a new worlds world's automobile speed record here today at miles an hour At the north end of the course the British driver stopped fo for several several sev- sev eral minutes to replenish the Ice supply in his cooling system and to change nfl all four wheels and tires Hugging the outside of orthe the course Major ran gan through several law places on the beach where Water water wa- wa ter had collected from the receding tide but it did not interfere with his hia driving Mrs Segra e who sat satIn ill In the grandstand covered her eyes with her hands Sho Shedid did not noi look lookup lookup up until her husband was reported safe at the end of the course HARD TO FOLLOW Major was tra so fast that ph stati stationed ned nedon on the beach found It almost impossible mi- mi possible to follo v him with Welt their eyes To the the spectators in the gr r high on the sand dunes Continued 5 Ii on page MAJ MAJOR SEGRA VE S GOES OVER MILES AN HOUR Continued from page 1 however howe the visibility was Willi much clearer and nd his run could be wit wit- hessed clearl clearly Ills His speed sliced not only surpassed the present way two record of miles n hour but also exceeded there ord ot of miles an hour a aone one one- way run set by l Campbell of England That fig figure lre was the thc average S. S speed speed ot of two runs up and down OVer a I measured mile course average time for the distance was 1556 see sec ends Taking a mile lour start Major flashed over the northward run itt t a sPeed ot of miles an hours hour then a f w mOments later sped back southward at a a. clip of n lles an hour Ills His for tor the mile on the north rUn was 1555 seconds while that on his south run Was l 1357 57 secOnds The new record sur ass g miles an hour the mark set hero her ll last st stear year ear by Pa flay Keech driving J. J M. M Whites White's Triplex whose time was Whites White's car with Lee B at the wheel l w was s groomed to run right after In an effort to better the mark 5 |