Front:
15870. John Cobb Beats the Eyston Record for Speed on the
Salt Flats of Great Salt Lake.
Photo by Bill Shipler
Back:
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Captain George Eyston's rec-
ord made on September 8,
1938, of 357.5 miles per hour
was beaten by John Cobb on
August 26, 1939, when he
drove at the rate of 369.74
miles per hour. This is the
fastest ever travelled by human
wheeled vehicles.
The AAA under whose supervision these records
are made has charge of the conditions and timing
and an average of two miles is n ecessary to race
a record mile, one in each direct. It is now
understood that Captain Eyston will again try
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