In celebration of 110 years since the opening of Brooklands, the ancestral home of British motorsports, the Goodwood Festival of...
1909 Benz Type RE 200 PS “Blitzen Benz” It may seem somewhat incongruous that the story of one of Mercedes-Benz’s...
Brooklands, England January 15, 2006 An unidentified driver puts his BMW to the test.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to...
Dr. J. Dudley Benjafield founded the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) in 1928 as a social club for British racing...
In a world first, England’s Concours of Elegance on the grounds of Windsor Castle this September 2-4, will feature cars...
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has donated the freehold of the 30-acre Brooklands Museum site in Weybridge to the Museum’s governing Trust, after a 25-year tenancy during which the Museum became established as one of the most important cultural destinations in the UK. During a special ceremony at which a plaque...
Brooklands, the world’s first purpose-built motor racing facility, will turn 100 this year. Mercedes-Benz UK, which has done extensive development...
The historic Brooklands motor racing circuit echoed to the sounds of the past on February 16, when a group of...
Stars of two and four wheel racing were on hand to promote the 6th Henry Surtees Foundation fundraising kart challenge, held at Mercedes World, Brooklands. This first event since the passing of John Surtees CBE who set up the charity following the tragic death of his son Henry, killed at...
Brooklands Museum and the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) have confirmed preliminary details of the 2014 Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport...
Brooklands, Weybridge, UK June 17-18, 2017 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Eighty years ago today, October 7, 1935, John Cobb climbed aboard the Napier-Railton Special and lapped the famous banked circuit at Brooklands in just 69 seconds, leaving the lap record at a never-to-be-beaten average of 143.44mph. Now Brooklands Museum is commemorating the anniversary with a day of celebration, allowing visitors...
Hundreds of classic and contemporary Aston Martin sports and luxury vehicles are expected to descend upon Brooklands Museum this weekend...
By now you will likely be aware that this month marks the 100th anniversary of that most hallowed of American...
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting in Australia was held during January 1976—mid-summer in this part of the world. I am fortunate to say that I was there, but the first Amaroo Historics was a bit...
Brooklands Museum, Surrey, UK February 2, 2014 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Glorious weather blessed the 60th Anniversary Bentley Drivers Club weekend at Silverstone on August 8-9, a meeting first held in...
February 2011 During the J.C.C. International Trophy race at Brooklands, U.K., on May 6, 1939, Kenneth Evans is shown at full speed in his Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 Grand Prix car, leaving a great wall of spray behind him. He would finish 4th, one lap down to Prince Bira’s winning...
Howden Ganley A recent visit to the famous Donington circuit in England, for the launch of a wonderful book about...
Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, UK June 18–19, 2016 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
1964 Cooper–Maserati T61P By the time Roy Salvadori chased Bruce McLaren to the checkered flag at the Daily Express International Trophy meeting at Silverstone on May 2, 1964, sports car racing had already begun to change significantly. Roger Penske often gets the credit—or the blame—for what led to the real...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
Brooklands Museum, the home of British motor racing, is celebrating the life of one of the UK’s greatest racing drivers,...
April 2007 BRM V16 By Karl Ludvigsen The history of motorsport is rife with exotic machines and spectacular flops, but few cars can lay claim to as much technical sophistication and unrealized potential as the BRM V16. The brainchild of British racer Raymond Mays, the BRM V16, or “The Mays...
This is the debut showing of Reed Railton’s land speed record car, its tire fairings here removed, in front of...
100 years to the day since the first race win for a Bentley, the winning car itself – known as...
Entries have opened for the 2016 Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival, organized by Brooklands Museum and the Vintage Sports Car Club. The two-day event, scheduled for June 18-19, will follow the well-established format of three separate competitive events — Speed Trials, Driving Tests and Concours d’Élégance — with aggregate scores...
Brooklands, England Jan. 11 Jonathan Williamson’s 1935 MG PB, well-known as “Cream Cracker.” Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member &...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
The 1931 side-valve Minor was fitted with a brand-new 847-cc engine, designed by Leonard Lord, and was intended to compete directly with the Austin 7. The new engine was offered with the outgoing OHC unit until 1932, with Morris having to work hard to convince buyers to specify the newer...