The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
It was the world's first purpose-built motor racing track. Now Brooklands in Surrey is once again attracting car-lovers to its circuit and museum
Jeannette's Jottings (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Brooklands in Surrey, much restored, is now the home of a motor and aviation museum which is open to the public. Brooklands is a legendary place in the annuls of motor racing history. It was the very first motor racing circuit built anywhere in the world. It was created by racing enthusiast Hugh Locke King on his own land and its most prominent features were the two sections of banking which were 30...
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Cadillac fans and owners will congregate on 21 September at the Brooklands Museum in Surrey to celebrate the legendary American brand’s first Dewar Trophy win, which took place at the site a hundred years ago. Over forty UK-based vintage Cadillacs from the brand’s 106-year history will be on display and will be joined by the latest generation of cars on sale in the UK. Cadillac won the Dewar Trophy...
IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
Weighing in at 45 tonnes, the plane is taking the place of the British Airways model Concorde, which greeted passengers as they arrived at the airport for 16 years, and has been moved to the Brooklands Museum at Weybridge, Surrey. Its replacement, the Airbus, will remain on the site until 2013 under a deal signed by the airline and BAA , Heathrow’s owners. The model, in the Emirates livery, is as big...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
If Lewis Hamilton’s mind is unravelling he was not letting on. Nor, as he perched on a table at the Brooklands circuit in Surrey, was he offering apologies to his critics.
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Click on the picture to enlarge Mercedes-Benz World and Brooklands Museum have today announced the schedule for this weekend’s Brooklands Motoring Festival : The Double Twelve in Weybridge, Surrey, which includes guest appearances from Sir Stirling Moss and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1™ drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen. The Double Twelve competition incorporates a number of tests...
Driive (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Click on the picture to enlarge Mercedes-Benz World and Brooklands Museum have today announced the schedule for this weekend’s Brooklands Motoring Festival: The Double Twelve in Weybridge, Surrey, which includes guest appearances from Sir Stir...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
The 2008 Brooklands Motoring Festival takes place in Weybridge, Surrey this weekend (28-29 June)
Crewe blog (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Here's a mention for some Bentley Motors folk who are taking part in a monster run for charity. Between Tuesday 10th and Thursday 12th June, a team of ten will be running from the Bentley site in Crewe to the Brooklands raceway circuit in Surrey. This is a total distance of around 200 miles and they aim to complete this over the three-day period. The run is in aid of a colleague, Will Boffey, who sadly...
German Car Scene (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Ten Bentley Graduate Trainees have challenged themselves to complete a 24-hour, 200 mile sponsored run from the Bentley Motors factory in Crewe, Cheshire, to the historic Brooklands Race Circuit in Weybridge, Surrey.
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
BCA is offering motoring enthusiasts a great opportunity to bid for a classic Mercedes convertible and raise valuable funds for Cancer Research UK in a special sale at Brooklands Motor Museum , Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The 1995 Mercedes Benz 500 SL has been generously donated to Cancer Research UK by a supporter and is being sold by BCA with all the proceeds going to the charity. The car is finished...
TotalF1.com (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen will drive a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 car at this year's Brooklands Motoring Festival at the weekend. The events will take place on the circuits at Mercedes-Benz World inside the old Brooklands race track at Weybridge, Surrey.
CoolBrit.net (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
BCA’s annual Brooklands Tradition sale takes place at the Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The historic setting will provide a fantastic backdrop for a wide range of vehicles, spanning almost a century of motoring. With estimates ranging from around £1,200 for a 1937 Austin Ruby to just under £40,000 for a 1971 [...]
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Click on the picture to enlarge 1.00pm Thursday, 5th June 2008. Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey BCA’s annual Brooklands Tradition sale takes place at the Brooklands Motor Museum, Surrey on Thursday 5th June. The historic setting will provide a fantastic backdrop for a wide range of vehicles, spanning almost a century of motoring. With estimates ranging from around £1,200 for a 1937 Austin Ruby to...
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 20/05/2008
Premium oil brand Mobil 1 is celebrating its near-century long relationship with Mercedes-Benz as headline sponsor of the prestigious Brooklands Motoring Festival : the Double Twelve, on the 28 and 29 June at Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey. The Festival, which is named in honour of the Double Twelve meetings of the 1930s, will welcome famous faces of today and yesteryear. Britain's Formula...
