1908 Brooklands Calendar
Note: This is a sub-section of Brooklands Calendars
1908 2nd January. H. C. Tryon in a Napier crashes in a record attempt at the course.[1]
1908 February 25th. First (unofficial) motorcycle race held. Riders were W. Gordon McMinnies (3.5 h.p. Triumph) and Oscar L. Bickford (5 h.p. Vindec Special). McMinnies won at 53.55 mph.
1908 March? Opened a Private Competitors List.
1908 4th April. The track was reopened after being closed for repairs and hosted a private race
1908 April. Issued their first list of 65 registered amateur competitors
1908 18/20th April. April Race Meeting (Easter). Includes the first official motorcycle race.
1908 9th May. May Race Meeting. Includes the first motorcycle handicap race.
1908 6/8th June. June Race Meeting (Whitsun),
1908 17th June. In a record making session J. E. Hutton (Hutton), J. W. Stocks (De Dion) and F. Newton (Napier) set new records.[2]
1908 4th July. July Race Meeting. First race for lady drivers.
1908 20th July. Start of the 1908 R. A. C. Dust Trials. [3][4]
1908 1st/3rd August. August Race Meeting. Second fatality at the track.
1908 12th September. September Race Meeting. Meeting planned and advertised but cancelled due to lack of entries.
1908 3rd October. October Race Meeting
1908 8th October. Charlie Collier on a 7-10 h.p Matchless-JAP set a new world one-hour record at 68 miles 1,380 yards.
1908 18th November. F. Newton sets record of almost 120 m.p.h. in his 90 h.p. Napier Samson.[5]
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