Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013 Gallery 1

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Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013 Gallery 1 Photos and Stories.

Historic Vintage Car Race, 2013-06-15 - 2013-06-16, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Photos and story provided by Tim Surman Contact Photographer for Information.

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Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013 Gallery 1

If you have a whiff of petrol in your veins, the name Brooklands may conjure up images of huge Bentleys thundering around the Byfleet Banked concrete circuit, leather caps and goggles.

Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Driving towards Brooklands now, you enter a thoroughly modern business park, with large HQ buildings made of contrete and glass, you continue to follow the signs and above the tree line you see the top of a building that stands apart from the surrounding buldings, this is the Brooklands Clubhouse. Stepping though the gates and you can feel the petrol in your veins start to rise, most of the track maybe long gone, but the place still has it sole intact, this is still a special place. Many of the old garages and surrounding buildings remain, along with many aircraft hangers showing how the importance of Brooklands changed during WWII and peace time too, Brooklands is the home of Concord, over 30% of the the airframe of the British French plane was manufactured there. The club house looks the same as it would have back in the hay days of the 1930`s, back when Brooklands was classed as the "Ascot of Motor Racing" the playground of high society.

INVICTA SPORTS 4500cc 1932
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

One of the annual races to be held at Brooklands, organised by the Junior Car Club, was the Double Twelve. Held between 1929-31, this was a 24-hour race with a difference. Due to neighbours of Brooklands objecting to night-time racing, the race was split into two, with the first 12-hours of racing held on the first day, then the cars held in Parc-Ferme over night ready for the second day of 12-hours of racing. What a great idea, its a shame that circuits don`t hold a modern Double-Twelve.

Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

With most of the circuit gone, holding the race again would be impossible, so now the Brooklands Double Twelve Motor-sport Festival is a celebration of that back-to-back 12-hour race. Over two days of vintage motor-sport organinsed by the Brooklands Museum and the VSCC. Time trials held on the first day around the Mercedes Benz world circuit with the huge Mercedes building as a backdrop. Day two and the action continues on the only surviving part of the Byfleet Banking, for some driving trails. These take their inspiration directly from the trails organised in the 1930`s by the Junior Car Club at Brooklands.

Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

A quick Google and YouTube search will show you the rich history of this classic venue, a Google map satellite view will give you an idea of the size of the track. And of course it should be counted as a must visit for anyone with a whiff of petrol in their veins.

JAGUAR XK120 3442cc 1952
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Brooklands must be on your list of `must go there` motor-sport places. For more information on Brooklands Museum and the history of Brooklands please visit www.brooklandsmuseum.com
The Vintage Sports-Car Club. www.vscc.co.uk

AUSTIN 7 747cc 1930-3
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

BENTLEY 4.5 LITRE 4389 1928
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

History remains
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

The old banking of past historic high speed runs
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK

Time travel, Brooklands style
Brooklands Double Twelve Motorsport Festival 2013
Brooklands
Weybridge, Surrey, UK