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1920/05/24 Brooklands Race Meeting

From Graces Guide

Held Monday 24th May 1920 (Whitsun) at Brooklands

Organiser: B.A.R.C.

Entrants[1] Results.[2]

First Light Car Short Handicap

First Cyclecar Short Handicap : —

First Light Car Long Handicap

Private Competitors’ Handicap (about five miles), the Calthorpe of Mr Woolf Barnato, and the four cylinder G.W.K. of Mr. C. M. Keiller are entered, competing against such well-known racing cars as the 100 h.p. Lorraine-Dietrich of Mr. W. D. Hawkes and the three litre racing Peugeot of Mr. W. Scott.

In the Eighth 75 m.p.h. Short Handicap (about 5.75 miles) Mr. T. B. Andre (Marlborough), Mr. B. S. Marshall (Mathis), Mr. G. Bedford (Hillman), Mr. N. Macklin (Eric-Campbell), and Mr. G. M. Keiller (G.W.K.) are racing against considerably larger cars.

In the Eighth 75 m.p.h. Long Handicap (about 8 miles) Mr. T. B. Andre (Marlborough), Mr. B. S. Marshall (Mathis) and Mr. N. Macklin (Eric-Campbell) are again competing.

In the Whitsun Sprint Race, which is a handicap over about two miles, Mr. G. Bedford (Hillman), Mr. B. S. Marshall (Mathis), and Mr. Woolf Barnato (Calthorpe) will be racing.


Winners of the races were:[3][4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Light Car and Cyclecar: 1920/05/22
  2. Light Car and Cyclecar: 1920/05/29
  3. The Times, Saturday, May 22, 1920
  4. The Times, Tuesday, May 25, 1920