John Cobb Land Speed Record Bonneville Salt Flats Postcard

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15870. John Cobb Beats the Eyston Record for Speed on the Salt Flats of Great Salt Lake. Photo by Bill Shipler

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SKK EUROPE FYOU POST CARD 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 STAMP 4ססRESS AMERICA SEE beings on for a better record in 1941. THIS SPACE FO MESSAGE Bro Neb. Oman EESBU WILL FIRST ishee aalon Published by Carpenter Paper Co., Salt Lake City, Utah