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Track action scene, preparing for starting line, left to right: a Connaught A Type, Rob Walker, car owner (light sweater, hands on knees, leaning at exhaust), Mike Hawthorn, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Alf Francis, Rob Walker team mechanic, (light coverall, right hand leaning on car at left rear wheel).

Brighton Speed Trials

  • Title Brighton Speed Trials
  • Source George Phillips Photograph Collection  
  • Description Track action scene, preparing for starting line, left to right: a Connaught A Type, Rob Walker, car owner (light sweater, hands on knees, leaning at exhaust), Mike Hawthorn, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Alf Francis, Rob Walker team mechanic, (light coverall, right hand leaning on car at left rear wheel).
  • Years 1956  
  • Date 1956-09-01
  • Photographer George Phillips  
  • City Brighton  
  • Country England  
  • People Walker, Rob   Hawthorn, Mike   Francis, Alf  
  • Marque Connaught  
  • Model Connaught A Type  
  • Engine Type Madeira Drive  
  • Group/Class Racing Cars unlimited  
  • Vehicle Markings Connaught (nose badge)
  • Event Brighton and Hove Motor Club Brighton Speed Trials  
  • Entrant Rob Walker  
  • Race Data Mike Hawthorn made a demonstration run in Rob Walker's Connaught A Type, the day before the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Italy.
  • Identifier 2006-001PHIL-1956-b1_43.0_0021
  • Original Format black-and-white negatives  
  • Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Revs Institute. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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