Brooklands Museum Double Twelve The Double Twelve is probably Brooklands Museum's premier event of the year, although it is by far from their best attended. This year they were celebrating the 110th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklands race track and were re-opening the pit straight as part of the celebrations.This is a small selection of images from the day we spent there.
Paddock Unless you'd turned up as part of a car club that had pre-booked a parking area, you weren't allowed on site with a car that was less than almost eighty years old, i.e. pre-WW2.
Tatra T77 (I think) Fascinating looking motor. The 1934 Tatrra T77 was (according to Wikipedia) the worlds first production aerodynamic car. It looked a lot like a VW Beetle from the front, but with three headlights.
Frazer Nash BMW Frazer Nash were British importers of BMW cars before WW2.
No idea what this is In this area, cars were preparing to drive over to the test track at Mercedes World to take part in time trials. Given that it was almost 30C out, these guys in their helmets and racing fire suits musts have been really suffering.
Pit Straight The newly refurbished pit straight, which was being opened today by Lord March (of Goodwood). Unfortunately the reopening was occurring at the same time as our reservation for lunch in the Gullwing restaurant at Mercedes World. Doh!
Bentley A very smart looking Bentley.
"Dodge Brothers" A very well used looking motor manufactured by "Dodge Brothers, Detroit, USA" according to the badge.
Morgan 3-Wheeler I saw probably well over a dozen Morgan 3-Wheelers on the site over the course of the day, which must presumably be most of the surviving Morgan 3-Wheelers in the country. They look remarkably like the modern Morgan 3-Wheeler...
Morgan 3-Wheeler ...with the exception that the new ones don't have controls on the steering wheel.
Bentleys (I think)
Airport Park The Airplane Park was pretty much the only place on the site where there were any "modern" cars present. Here are some Caterhams, Jaguars and miscellaneous other types.
Austin
Mercedes World We made our way over to Mercedes World for our lunch reservation. On the race track cars were queuing up for the time trial.
Time Trial There was a much better view of the track from the restaurant, which is on the top floor of the building.
Helicopter We think this was probably Lord March's helicopter arriving. With the Goodwood Festival of Speed only being a few days away, he probably wouldn't have the time to drive to Brooklands from his Goodwood estate.
Mercedes World Considering how thoroughly scorching it was outside, the air conditioning inside Mercedes World was particularly welcome.
Race Track A final panoramic view of the race track from the restaurant's observation deck. No cars out at this point as they'd all stopped for lunch too.Another thoroughly entertaining day out at Brooklands.