Brooklands History in Postcards

Dai sent me scans of some old postcards depicting Brooklands in use and under construction. You'll have to click on them for a better look, but they show very early scenes of the racetrack. The top photo shows the bridge near the Test Hill, which is still extant, and the cars look like 'teens models to me - they aren't going fast enough to utilize the banking.When the course was built in 1907

Dennis Loveday

In my previous post on David Vincent, I couldn't recall the name of the 'other' Gold Star winner at the Brooklands Velocette Centenary in 2005. Dai asked Michael Sands, who filled us in on Dennis Loveday's background. Here is Michael:"The Gold Star holder to whom you refer is Dennis Loveday who won his Gold Star on a Velocette, although most of his Brooklands racing was on Ariels. Denis told me

Dai Gibbison, Sprinter

These images are from the Velocette Centenary celebration at Brooklands Relived, 2005. Dai brought his '37 Velocette MSS sprinter for a few blasts up the Test Hill (built as a technical challenge for early motorcycles - which often had no clutches and little power in the early years - all part of the 'racing improved the breed' philosophy). The Brooklands Association used an image of Dai being

Brooklands Centenary

The Centenary (100 years since the track opened) celebration at Brooklands racecourse took place last June, I'm finally posting some pix of the collection of racing cars and motorcycles which were present, all of which (with the exception of the works MBZ's) had raced at the track from 1907-1940.Mercedes-Benz now 0wns the bulk of the land on which the track is found, and have built a large '