From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Reuters special report on a Bentley car's attempt at the two-hour world record on the Montlhéry track.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0207 | |
| Date | 11th February 1939 | |
| REUTERS 3 PM REUTERS SPECIAL BENTLEY TRIAL ON TUESDAY PARIS, SATURDAY. THE ATTACK ON THE WORLD'S RECORD FOR TWO HOURS FOR A FOUR-SEATER SALOON CAR IS TO BE MADE BY THE NEW STREAM-LINED 4 1/4 LITRE STANDARD BENTLEY ON THE MONTLHERY TRACK ON TUESDAY NEXT INSTEAD OF DURING THIS WEEK-END. LATER AN ATTEMPT ON THE TWENTYFOUR HOURS RECORD IS CONTEMPLATED. TUESDAY'S ATTEMPT WILL BE OFFICIALLY TIMED BY THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE FRANCE. THIS BENTLEY IS THE SAME CAR WHICH LAST WEEK PUT UP SUCH ASTONISHING SPEEDS FOR A STANDARD TOURING CAR ON THE FRENCH NATIONAL ROADS AND GERMAN AUTOBAHNEN,115 M P H BEING HELD ON THE FORMER AND 120 M P H ON THE LATTER. IT ALSO SHOWED REMARKABLY LOW PETROL CONSUMPTION. REUTERS SPECIAL MH{M. Huckerby}/ WH./CT 11.2.39 | ||