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Show EYSTON BREAKS JENKINS; MARK New 2000 Kilometers Record Set Special to The Telegram BONNEVILLE SALT FLAT8 Oct. 14 Captain George Eyaton'i carefully laid racing plans began tc bear fruit aa he passed the seven-hour seven-hour markfof his 24-hour jaunl around his 114-mile circle today and at 3000 kilometers the British speedster act up his first record boosting Ab Jenkins mark from 162 97 to 18J.59. Bert Denly. Eyston's relief driver wss at the wheel as the) mark wai passed. Eyaton charted a alow startini run, maintaining a aafe average ol just beyond 160 during the dark hours following hia start Then al daylight the Speed of the Windi waa whipped up to a lap averag of above 170 milea an hour and held there, the overall average gradual!) climbing. Both Denly and Eyaton wen forced wide for nearly four milei of the course, with the salt on thi east rim developing soft spots and breaking up on the surface. Thi (Continued nil Puce Four) Column Two! |