Brooklands Collection (#9)

Delage racing at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Delage Event Entry No: 2. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Coppa Florio type Sunbeam of EL Bouts, Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Sunbeam 4914 cc. Event Entry No: 1. Driver: Bouts, E.L. Finished: 1st. Coppa Florio type. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

6 litre Delage at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928. Artist
Delage 5954 cc. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Tiny Scholefield with his Buick at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Buick 3395 cc. Event Entry No: 8 Driver: Edward Tiny Scholefield, Vickers test pilot. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

EL Bouts and his Sunbeam, Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Sunbeam 4914 cc. Event Entry No: 5 Driver: Bouts, E.L. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Riley, Buick and Bugatti on the start line at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, 1928
Riley 1495 cc. Entry No: 3 Driver: Gillow, V. Centre: Buick 3395 cc. Entry No: 8 Driver: Scolefield, Tiny. Vickers test pilot. Right: Bugatti 1496 cc. No: 5 Driver: Jefferys, J.R. Brooklands

Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Cars on the start line, Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Bugatti 2300 cc. Entry No: 1 Driver: Don, K. Finished: 2nd. Left of centre: Delage I 5954 cc. Event Entry No: 2 Driver: Miller, A.G. Centre: Delage II 5107 cc. Entry No: 3 Driver: Taylor, J

Delage of J Taylor and Bentley of Dudley Froy, Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, 1928
Left: Delage II 5107 cc. Event Entry No: 6 Driver: Taylor, J. Finished: 2nd. Left: Bentley 4398 cc. Event Entry No: 3 Driver: Froy, D. Finished: 1st. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

22 litre Benz of GK Clowes at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Benz 22000 cc. Event Entry No: 4 Driver: Clowes, G.K. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Bugatti of JR Jefferys competing at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Bugatti 1496 cc. Event Entry No: 5 Driver: Jefferys, J.R. Finished: 1st. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Fiat, Bugatti and Benz competing at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Left: Fiat 10087 cc. Event Entry No: 2 Driver: Warde, R Centre: Bugatti 1990 cc. Event Entry No: 3 Driver: Scott, W.B. Right: Benz 22000 cc. Entry No: 4 Driver: Clowes, G.K. Brooklands. Surbiton M.C

Bugatti of Kaye Don and Delage of J Taylor, Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, 1928
Centre: Bugatti 1493 cc. Event Entry No: 1 Driver: Don, K. Finished: 1st. Right: Delage II 5107 cc. Event Entry No: 2 Driver: Taylor, J. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Bugatti at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928. Artist: Bill Brunell
Bugatti 1990 cc. Event Entry No: 4 Driver: Purdy. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

21. 5 litre Benz of GK Clowes at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Benz 21504 cc. Event No: 1 Driver: Clowes, G.K. Left of centre: Riley 1495 cc. Event Entry No: 3 Driver: Gillow, V. Centre: Bugatti 1496 cc. Entry No: 5 Driver: Jefferys, J.R. Brooklands

Bugatti of JR Jeffery, winner of a race at a Surbiton Motor Club meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Bugatti 1496 cc. Event Entry No: 5 Driver: Jefferys, J.R. Finished: 1st. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C. Date: 1.9.28

Lea-Francis, Delage and Bentley at a Surbiton Motor Club race meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Left: Lea-Francis 1496 cc. Entry No: 5 Driver: Driscoll, L.P. Programme states driver as R.M.V. Sutton. Right: Delage I 5954 cc. No: 2 Driver: Don, K. Background: Bentley 4398 cc. No: 3 Driver: Froy

Salmson and Amilcar competing in a race at a Surbiton Motor Club meeting, Brooklands, Surrey, 1928
Salmson 1100 cc. Event Entry No: 9 Official Salmson entries were recorded as Nos.2, 3, 8, 7. Background: Amilcar C6 1093 cc. Place: Brooklands. Surbiton M.C.. Date: 1.9.28

Bertie Kensington Moir in an Aston Martin crude test body, Brooklands, c1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
Aston Martin Crude test body, not the 200-mile race Aston Martin. Place: Brooklands. Date: Kensington Moir, H

Bertie Kensington Moir in his Aston Martin at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, 1921
Aston Martin 3 1486 cc. Event Entry No: 60 Driver: Kensington Moir, H. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

BARC meeting, Brooklands, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Bugatti Type 35 Entry No: 11. Bugatti Type 37A 1496S cc. Entry No: 10. Sunbeam 4914 cc. Event Entry No: 7 Driver: Bouts, E.L. Benz 22000 cc. No: 6. Bugatti. Brooklands. BARC. Date: 22.3.30

Cars on the start line at a BARC meeting, Brooklands, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Talbot No: 2. Lea-Francis 1496S cc. Entry No: 3. Bugatti Entry No: 5. Bugatti. Alfa Romeo 22/90 3000 cc. Entry No: 6. Bugatti Type 37A 1496S cc. Event Entry No: 8. Wolseley. Brooklands. BARC

BARC race meeting, Brooklands, 1930. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place: Brooklands. BARC. Date: 22.3.30

CS Stanilands Bugatti Type 37A leading a Benz and Jack Dunfees Ballot, Brooklands, 1930
Bugatti Type 37A 1496S cc. Driver: Staniland, C.S. Finished: 1st. Benz 22000 cc. Event Entry No: 6. Ballot 2976 cc. Event Entry No: 7 Driver: Dunfee, J. Place: Brooklands. BARC. Date: 22.3.30

Bentley of Tim Birkin on the way to winning a race at a BARC meeting, Brooklands, 1930
Bentley 4398S cc. Event Entry No: 1 Driver: Birkin, H.R.S. Finished: 1st. The famous Outer Circuit single-seater. Place: Brooklands. BARC. Date: 22.3.30

Cars on the starting grid for the Brighton & Hove Motor Club High Speed Trial
MG M 847 cc. Reg. No. GJ406. Event Entry No: 11. Austin TT type Ulster 747 cc. Reg. No. GN8198. Morris Minor 847 cc. Reg. No. HX8106. Event Entry No: 1. Austin Chummy 747 cc. No: 18. Brooklands

Brighton & Hove Motor Club High Speed Trial, Brooklands, c1931. Artist: Bill Brunell
Alvis. Bentley Event Entry No: 49. Riley 1089 cc. Event Entry No: 3. Riley Brooklands 9 1089 cc. No: 31. MG M 847 cc. Reg. No. UV2424. Austin TT type Ulster 747 cc. Reg. No. PG3935. Event

Hugh McConell beside a car, Brooklands, 3 August 1931. Artist: Bill Brunell
Place: Brooklands. B.A.R.C. Date: 3.8.31. McConnell, H.P

Cars competing in the BARC Daily Sketch Old Crocks Race, Brooklands, 1931. Artist: Bill Brunell
Vipen 1897 Reg. No. PG3747. Entry No: 17 Driver: Harvey, F. Left of centre: Renault 1898 Vehicle Reg. No. AJ43. Entry No: 18 Driver: Poole, F/O. F.H

Mercedes, winner of the 1906 Ballinaslaughter Hill Climb, Old Crocks Race, Brooklands, 1931
Mercedes Vehicle Reg. No. IK133. Event Entry No: 1 Driver: Martin, E. Winner, Ballinaslaughter Hill Climb, 1906. Place: Brooklands. B.A.R.C. Daily Sketch Old Crocks Race. Date: 3.8.31

1903 Rover of R Livesey competing in the BARC Daily Sketch Old Crocks Race, Brooklands, 1931
Rover 1903 Entry No: 28 Driver: Livesey, R. Brooklands. B.A.R.C. Daily Sketch Old Crocks Race. Date: 3.8.31

Three MG Magnas at the LCC Relay Grand Prix, Brooklands, Surrey, 1933. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG Magna 1086 cc. Entry No: 19A. Driver: Martin, C.E.C. Centre: MG Magna 1086 cc. Entry No: 19B. Driver: Wright, G.W.J. Right: MG Magna 1086 cc. Entry No: 19C. Driver: Hess, A.C. Brooklands. L.C.C

Ford Day at Brooklands motor racing circuit, Surrey, 1930s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Brooklands. Ford Day

MG M type at Brooklands. Artist: Bill Brunell
MG M 847 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. MV12. Event Entry No: 47. Place: Brooklands. Unidentified event

Leon Cushman being carried aloft after making a successful speed record attempt, Brooklands, 1931
Place: Brooklands. Record attempt. Date: 8.8.31. Cushman, Leon

People examining Leon Cushmans Austin 7 racer at Brooklands for a speed record attempt, 1931
Austin Works sv racer 747 cc. Driver: Cushman, Leon. Place: Brooklands. Record attempt. Date: 8.8.31

Leon Cushmans Austin 7 racer making a speed record attempt, Brooklands, 8 August 1931
Austin Works sv racer 747 cc. Driver: Cushman, Leon. Place: Brooklands. Record attempt. Date: 8.8.31

Austin 7 at Brooklands on the day of Leon Cushmans speed record attempt, 8 August 1931
Austin 7 747 cc. Place: Brooklands. Record attempt. Date: 8.8.31

Leon Cushmans Austin 7 racer at Brooklands for a speed record attempt, 8 August 1931
Austin Works sv racer 747 cc. Driver: Cushman, Leon. Place: Brooklands. Record attempt. Date: 8.8.31

Mechanics working on Leon Cushmans Austin 7 racer for a speed record attempt, Brooklands, 1931
Austin Works sv racer 747 cc. Driver: Cushman, Leon. Place: Brooklands. Record attempt. Date: 8.8.31

Salmson of M Devaux at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
Salmson 1087 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. 4972-??-??. Event Entry No: 6. Driver: Devaux, M. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 19.8.22

AG Miller in his Wolseley single-seater racer at Brooklands, Surrey, 1920s. Artist: Bill Brunell
Wolseley Single-seat racing body. 15.9 h.p. 2500 cc. Event Entry No: 17. Driver: Miller, Capt. A.G. Place: Brooklands

Kenelm Lee Guinness in his Talbot-Darracq at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921
Talbot-Darracq 1487 cc. Event Entry No: 65. Driver: Lee Guiness, K. Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21. Count Zborowski, Bertie Kensington Moir and Clive Gallop behind

HC Munday in his AC at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
AC 1496 cc. Event Entry No: 21. Driver: Munday, H.C. Turned over on lap 68. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

BA Davey in his AC at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
AC 1496 cc. Event Entry No: 21. Driver: Davey, B.A. Retired with a seized camshaft after 32 laps. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

HJC Smith in his Eric-Campbell at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921
Eric-Campbell 1498 cc. Event Entry No: 51. Driver: Smith, H.J.C. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

W Bickell in his Singer at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921. Artist: Bill Brunell
Singer 1096 cc. Event Entry No: 7. Driver: Bickell, W. Retired after 60 laps with magneto problems. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

BS Marshall in his Aston Martin at the JCC 200 Mile Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1921
Aston Martin 1486 cc. Event Entry No: 40. Driver: Marshall, B.S. Finished: 9th. in 1500cc class. Place: Brooklands. J.C.C. 200-mile Race. Date: 22.10.21

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