80 years ago today - Sep 25, 1932

NEW YORK TIMES reports that David Abbott ("Ab") Jenkins has set land-speed record during twenty-four hour period, one of many world records in his "Mormon Meteor" cars. He single-handedly turns Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats into national speedway.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]