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''Note: This is a sub-section of [[1908 Brooklands Calendar]] | ''Note: This is a sub-section of [[1908 Brooklands Calendar]] | ||
'It will be recollected that Palmer cord tyres were used for the first time on the 60-h.p. [[Napier]], driven [[F. Newton|Newton]], which broke no fewer than five world’s records for speed at Brooklands on Wednesday last.'<ref>London Evening Standard - Friday 21 February 1908</ref> | 'It will be recollected that Palmer cord tyres were used for the first time on the 60-h.p. [[Napier]], driven by [[F. Newton|Newton]], which broke no fewer than five world’s records for speed at Brooklands on Wednesday last.'<ref>London Evening Standard - Friday 21 February 1908</ref> | ||
Newton took the 50-mile record at 84.413 (set just two weeks previous) and then continued to take the 100 and 150-mile and hour records. | |||
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Note: This is a sub-section of 1908 Brooklands Calendar
'It will be recollected that Palmer cord tyres were used for the first time on the 60-h.p. Napier, driven by Newton, which broke no fewer than five world’s records for speed at Brooklands on Wednesday last.'[1]
Newton took the 50-mile record at 84.413 (set just two weeks previous) and then continued to take the 100 and 150-mile and hour records.
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- ↑ London Evening Standard - Friday 21 February 1908