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Show Ab Jenkins Vill Make Last Try At Speed Record Utah's Ab Jenkins, one of the most fabulous figures in American automobile racing, will close his colorful career on the famed Bonneville Salt Beds, Friday, July 20. Jenkins has announced that he will run for one hour,' attempting at-tempting to break all records from 25 kilometer up to one hour, before he takes off his goggles for keeps. His goal is to set a speed of 200 miles per hour for the one-hour test, a mark that is 15 miles over his present record of 184.63 m.p.h. If Jenkins accomplishes this feat he will be traveling at an average speed some 75 miles an hour faster than the speed set by Lee Wallard in winning' the 500-mile Indianapolis speed classic clas-sic last month. The run will be sponsored by the Mid - Continent Petroleum Corporation of Tulsa, manufacturers manufac-turers of the famed D-X motor oils which are sold around the world. The amazing thing about Jenkins Jen-kins run is the fact that he is reaching the average life expectancy ex-pectancy of three score years and ten. Jenkins is now 68. He will be 69 in January, 1952. 1 But at this ripe age he is still regarded as one of the finest drivers in America. The closing of the career of Jenkins promises to be a momentous mo-mentous event on Utah's famed salt beds. The race will be open to the public and will be watched around the world. |