« on: October 02, 2020, 04:58:53 PM »
Selling this Magazine which has John Cobb on the cover. The Magazine is in Good Clean Condition with no markings. I think it would look great framed and handing on a wall. Sell for $25 plus shipping.
John Rhodes Cobb (2 December 1899 ? 29 September 1952) was an early to mid 20th Century English racing motorist. He was three times holder of the World Land Speed Record, in 1938, 1939 and 1947, set at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, US. He was awarded the Segrave Trophy in 1947. He was killed in 1952 whilst piloting a jet powered speedboat attempting to break the World Water Speed Record on Loch Ness water in Scotland.
Cobb returned to Bonneville salt flats again in 1947, where on 16 September he beat his own standing 1939 World Land Speed Record by reaching 394.19 mph (on one of the two runs he was clocked at having reached 403 mph),[5] earning him the press moniker "The Fastest Man Alive".[6] This record remained in place until 1963, when it was surpassed by the American Craig Breedlove.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb_(racing_driver)
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