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Brooklands: The Complete Motor Racing History (Hardcover)

by William B. Boddy (Author) "At the turn of the 19th century, Weybridge, in Surrey, was a peaceful country village ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Motor Racing Publications Ltd; illustrated edition edition (10 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1899870563
  • ISBN-13: 978-1899870561
  • Product Dimensions: 28 x 22.1 x 3.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 279,269 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a definitive history of the world's first purpose built motor racing course. The author first visited the famous Brooklands Motor Course as a youngster in the 1920s and quickly became a fixture at the track, which a wealthy landowner had built in 1907 and on which motor racing and motor industry testing was to take place through to 1939, when World War II brought it all to a halt. Much of the land was then given over to aviation, then to industrial development, but parts of the historic track still survive, along with many restored and refurbished buildings steeped in motor racing history. Today they form a backcloth to the many activities staged by motor clubs in the South East of England and to the newly created Brooklands Museum, which is devoted to both motorsports and aviation.

The editor of the magazine "Motor Sport" for more than half a century, Bill Boddy felt the loss of Brooklands to motor racing very deeply and was moved to write its definitive history, which has been long out of print but forms the basis for this completely new edition, incorporating extensive revisions and new material, and is now being issued by Motor Racing Publications as a limited edition collector's item. A quantity of the illustrations which appeared in the previous edition have been used again, but they have been augmented by many more, for which the publishers are grateful to both the Brooklands Museum and the Brooklands Society for access to their respective archives. No library of motor racing history can be complete without the inclusion of a book which pays due tribute to what many would regard as the most significant race track of them all.

For it was Brooklands, thanks to the generosity of landowner Hugh Locke King, which began it all, and it was its early success which inspired people in the USA to build Indianapolis and for Europe's motorsports drivers, from international stars to unknown novices, to use it week after week for their racing and record-breaking activities.


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4.0 out of 5 stars Definitive and slightly daunting, 30 Aug 2003
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Bill Boddy - WB of Motor Sport fame - probably knows more about Brooklands than anyone else, and attempts to cram almost all of this knowledge into this huge and compendious book.

It covers the construction and evolution of the circuit, but mostly, it covers the races and record attempts (on two wheels and four) that took place there, the personalities who dominated the Track, and the vehicles they drove.

Boddy's coverage is almost race-by-race - which is really why I can't give the book five stars. It's almost <b>too</b> detailed in places, with minor handicaps given almost as much coverage as some major races. At times it's difficult to see the broad sweep of history through the mass of detail!

This new edition makes Boddy's work rather more accessible than previous editions, distributing the photographs through the text rather than putting them in separate sections. Photographic reproduction appears to be somewhat better than the previous edition.

Primarily for reference, for dedicated Brooklands enthusiasts or for a good solid read on long winter nights - this is <b>the</b> book on the cradle of British motor racing.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Brooklands History, 28 Oct 2004
A big weighty book skillfully written by the best expert on the Brooklands Motor Racing Track. All the races, results, drivers, cars, track-developments, crashes and characters of this very British motoring venue. Photographs are very good, with many I have never seen before, if you love old racing cars and want to know what Brooklands history was in considerable detail, this book does it. Would have have liked to have seen some colour illustrations and paintings by artists of the Brooklands age, which would I feel have added even more atmosphere and depth to this great book, even so this book is an absolute gem.
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