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Track action scene, staging for starting line, left to right: a Connaught A Type, Patsy Burt, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Rob Walker, car owner (light sweater, holding helmet behind back).

Brighton Speed Trials

  • Title Brighton Speed Trials
  • Source George Phillips Photograph Collection  
  • Description Track action scene, staging for starting line, left to right: a Connaught A Type, Patsy Burt, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Rob Walker, car owner (light sweater, holding helmet behind back).
  • Years 1956  
  • Date 1956-09-01
  • Photographer George Phillips  
  • City Brighton  
  • Country England  
  • People Burt, Patsy   Walker, Rob  
  • Marque Connaught  
  • Model Connaught A Type  
  • Engine Type Madeira Drive  
  • Group/Class Ladies' Class  
  • Vehicle Markings Connaught (nose badge)
  • Event Brighton and Hove Motor Club Brighton Speed Trials  
  • Entrant Rob Walker  
  • Race Data Patsy Burt driving Rob Walker's Connaught A Type set a Ladies' Class record with a time of 25.45 seconds in winning the standing start kilometer race.
  • Identifier 2006-001PHIL-1956-b1_43.0_0018
  • 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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