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Drivers in alternate two-hour stints were [[W. G. Scott]] and [[L. G. Hornstead]]. All eight world records from 7 hours to 14 hours were beaten.<ref>London Evening Standard - Friday 13 June 1913</ref> | |||
'At Brooklands yesterday, in scorchingly hot sunshine, the 13.8 Scottish built sleeve valve [[Argyll]] car improved upon its own record performance for the fourteen hours accomplished only last week, and in addition beat all the incidental world's records from seven hours and 600 miles upwards. The fastest speed of the Argyll since it began beating records was that for six hundred miles, which were covered at the rate of 7q.12 miles per hour. The distance covered in the fourteen-hours was 1070 miles 57 yards, a speed of 76.43 m.p.h., whereas its previous best was 1016 miles 437 yards, a pace of 72.50.'<ref>London Evening Standard - Wednesday 28 May 1913</ref> | 'At Brooklands yesterday, in scorchingly hot sunshine, the 13.8 Scottish built sleeve valve [[Argyll]] car improved upon its own record performance for the fourteen hours accomplished only last week, and in addition beat all the incidental world's records from seven hours and 600 miles upwards. The fastest speed of the Argyll since it began beating records was that for six hundred miles, which were covered at the rate of 7q.12 miles per hour. The distance covered in the fourteen-hours was 1070 miles 57 yards, a speed of 76.43 m.p.h., whereas its previous best was 1016 miles 437 yards, a pace of 72.50.'<ref>London Evening Standard - Wednesday 28 May 1913</ref> | ||
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Note: This is a sub-section of 1913 Brooklands Calendar
Drivers in alternate two-hour stints were W. G. Scott and L. G. Hornstead. All eight world records from 7 hours to 14 hours were beaten.[1]
'At Brooklands yesterday, in scorchingly hot sunshine, the 13.8 Scottish built sleeve valve Argyll car improved upon its own record performance for the fourteen hours accomplished only last week, and in addition beat all the incidental world's records from seven hours and 600 miles upwards. The fastest speed of the Argyll since it began beating records was that for six hundred miles, which were covered at the rate of 7q.12 miles per hour. The distance covered in the fourteen-hours was 1070 miles 57 yards, a speed of 76.43 m.p.h., whereas its previous best was 1016 miles 437 yards, a pace of 72.50.'[2]