1913/08/30 Brooklands Record Attempts

Note: This is a sub-section of 1913 Brooklands Calendar

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WORLD'S RECORDS AT BROOKLANDS.

Though he did not complete twelve hours' running Mr. A. J. Hancock was considerably more successful on Saturday in his attack on world's records at Brooklands than he had been a week previously, for whereas on the latter occasion he had to give up soon after the start owing to the heavy and continuous rain, he beat numerous world's records at the same track on Saturday last.

It had been arranged to start as near as possible to o'clock in the morning, but fog prevented it beginning until 8.16 a.m. Quickly getting into a speed of well over 90 miles an hour, the 25-h.p. Prince Henry type Vauxhall car covered 92 miles 206 yards in the first sixty minutes. Then the pace was increased, and in the second hour no less a distance than 93 miles 571 yards was traversed. In three hours the total distance covered was 275 miles 1239 yards, and at four hours the first of the time records was created, the old times being Victor Hemery's 344 miles 1344 yards, on the 59.6 Lorraine Dietrich.

Hancock's distance on the Vauxhall and his other time records are appended :—

• Four hours, 366 miles 1025 yards;
• five hours, 456 miles 840 yards;
• six hours. 541 miles 100 yards;
• seven hours, 620 miles 320 yards;
• eight hours, 702 miles 28 yards.

The previous best for eight hours was the 15.9 Argyll's 622 miles 523 yards. It is noteworthy that the latter's record distance for nine hours, namely, 690 miles 1284 yards, was also beaten by the Vauxhall in eight hours. Hancock, who drove throughout, made a stop of nine minutes for petrol between the fifth and sixth hours, and for his long ride accomplished the splendid average of 87.76 miles per hour. The run was brought to an end by the breaking of a dumb iron as the car was coming off the banking at a speed of about 100 miles an hour. There was a momentary wobble, but Hancock, with masterly skill, kept complete control and pulled up in safety. The distance records established were:- 300 miles, 3h. 15m. 24.72 s.; 400 miles. 4h. 21m. 14.99 s.; 500 miles, 5h. 24m. 10.34 s.; 600 miles, 6h. 46m.. 57.27 s.; 700 Miles, 7h. 58m. 42.74s.

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