Brooklands: The Official Centenary History
Author:   David Venables
Publisher:   J H Haynes & Co Ltd
ISBN:  

9781844253296


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   17 May 2007
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Brooklands: The Official Centenary History


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Author:   David Venables
Publisher:   J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Imprint:   J H Haynes & Co Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.479kg
ISBN:  

9781844253296


ISBN 10:   1844253295
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   17 May 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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Pioneer motor racing, the fashionable venue, the rise and fall of Napier and the famous Fiat lap record. The birthplace of British flying, a hub of private flying and the home of Vickers. Aero-engined monsters (Babs, Chitty Bang Bang) and the Bentley era. Long-distance races, ERA, and the Campbell circuit. Thirty years of motor racing and record-breaking. 7000-cyclist race, manufacturer testing, club rallies. Personalities including Locke King, Zborowski, Birkin, Cobb, Howe, Bira, Petre and Wisdom. After destruction by Nazi bombing, the gradual revival as a heritage site. Principal race winners, major records, aircraft types built. Brooklands Society, Brooklands Museum, and Mercedes-Benz World.

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David Venables, a former Solicitor General, is a superb historian of pre-war motor racing. His previous books for Haynes include Bugatti: A racing history and Napier: The first to wear the green. He lives in Hove, Sussex.

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