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 : Who will first drive two miles a minute? Motor driver Resta


Who will first drive two miles a minute? Motor driver Resta

The driver Resta covering a half-mile in 17.372 seconds (or at a speed of 103.615 miles an hour) at Brooklands. The question of who would be the first motorist to reach the speed of two miles a minute with an internal combustion engine appeared at this time to be growing nearer to a solution

Picture No
10215551
Media ID
46344717
Size
6083px x 3979px (2.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Graphic, 31 October 1908, page 525, By John A. Bryan
Date
1908

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