A Car Called Bluebird

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[00:21.56]Lesson 72
[00:24.39]A car called Bluebird
[00:27.82]The great racing driver,Sir Malcolm Campbell,
[00:31.13]was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.
[00:35.75]He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats,Utah.
[00:43.14]Bluebird,the car he was driving,had been specially built for him.
[00:47.90]It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine.
[00:54.22]Although Campbell reached a speed ofover 304 miles per hour,
[00:59.01]he had great difficulty in controlling the car
[01:02.12]because a tyre burst during the first run
[01:05.86]After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn
[01:09.24]that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour.
[01:14.04]However,a few days later,he was told that a mistake had been made.
[01:19.63]His average speed had been 301 miles per hour.
[01:24.09]Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour.
[01:30.45]Following in his father's footsteps many years later Sir Malcolm's son,Donald,
[01:36.04]also set up a world record.
[01:38.74]Like his father,he was driving a car called Bluebird.
 

What mistake was made?