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).
George Eyston's stream-line run performance at Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\4\ scan0059 | |
| Date | 8th April 1940 | |
| 1379 Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/ML.8.4.40. G.Eyston. With reference to your query as to Eyston's performance on the stream-line run on Brooklands, he did 114 miles 1123 yards in the hour and 10 miles at an average speed of 115.05 miles in the hour. The date of his run was 18.7.39. The most meritorious figure is, of course, 114.62 miles in the hour on a standard touring car. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||