But Malcolm,
"A record set when there were no
minimums, ......"
is not quite correct.
The minimum was 200 MPH. Nothing else mattered back then.
Adding Sir Malcolm, would prove that the "Two Club" has people with
Class as well as people who are Fast!
Best Regards,
Bryan
Malcolm Pittwood wrote:
>
> Having got the 200mph Club back to the year 1935 (Sir Malcolm's record)
> from the earliest entry of 1937 (in the Bonneville program), it might be
> good if they listen to Dr Mayf and accept and acknowledge the first ever
> over 200 mph record.
>
> OK so it was set at Daytona Beach (Ormond Beach) but some recent entries
> (say 1964) suggest the committee can apply tolerances to timing sanction
> and course used. The fastest member ever of the 200 mph club has never
> driven Bonneville in anger (although he wants to still I am sure).
>
> Being British, I would support any move to induct Major (later Sir) Henry
> Segrave as the first 200mph record holder. A record set when there were no
> minimums, as brave racers strove to be the World's Fastest on land, and
> British drivers battled with US racers on the beach.
>
> Malcolm Pittwood (aka Buckwheat), Derby, England.
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