MOTOR RACING TO BE REVIVED IN BRITAIN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22780, 29 October 1948, Page 8

MOTOR RACING TO BE REVIVED IN BRITAIN

(By Airmail.) LONDON. Motor racing, which died in England with the closing of the Brooklands track before the war, is to be re-estab-lished by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon and the Junior Car Club, of which he is president. A new motor racing circuit located near the Goodwood horse racing course is being developed on a wartime airfield situated on the property of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and meetings will be held on the same lines as the popular pre-war Brooklands meetings.

All types of racing and sports cars will be catered for—ranging from the 500 c.c., the “poor man’s racer,” to Grand Prix racing machines—and the main event of the first afternoon meeting on September 18 will be the Goodwood Trophy Race in which the 12 best drivers in Britain will participate with their one and a half litre Grand Prix cars.

Commeniing on (he future of the j Goodwood motor course, the Duke of ! Richmond and Gordon said, “I hope the j new circuit we are establishing at ’ Goodwood will become the recognised ■ training ground in the South for budding racing drivers. “You cannot stop young men wanting to go fast on four ; wheels, and at Goodwood we intend to provide an outlet for the natural exi überance of mechanically minded ! youth .

“Just as important, too, we hope the ' circuit will prove to be a successful | testing ground for motor manufac- ■ turers and allied industries.” ! The Duke of Richmond and Gordon, l as the Earl of March, was a wellknown racing driver at Brooklands and elsewhere before the war.—Reuters.