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Look At Life - Smashing Through - 1959 Stock Car Racing
This is an awesome look at the early days of British stock car racing at Brafield Stadium, Northampton in 1959. The sport was only 7 years old when this colour film was made and includes some great shots of Car Breakers Yards back in the day....(Original air date: 1959-01-01)
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What a great little film! Thanks for posting it!
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It reminds me, a bit, of when I used to take my lads to Bovingdon in the late 70s and into the 80s.That's now a housing estate.
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Dad used to take me to Aldershot and Wimbledon when he was on leave back in England and I was on school holidays. When he transferred back to the UK full time in the late 60's and I was no longer at boarding school Aldershot became a regular Thursday night outing. I'm sure I remember going to Aldershot Boxing day one year.. Happy days.
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Was that a young Tony Brise at 2.51 ?
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa ! ![]() |
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Looking back at some old meetings I found this on the internet from 1972. I hadn't qualified for the big race but got a couple of 2nd places in the other heats, one where I almost won against a bloke by the name of Barry Lee
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa ! ![]() |
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Stock Car racing developed pretty quickly, I reckon - my sister and her boyfriend and husband-to-be used to take me to Manchester's Belle Vue track (which was gravel - and where the speedway bikes also used to race) in the early to mid-60s. The cars were significantly developed beyond the level of those in the clip above
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It was Belle Vue in 1984 that got me back into watching racing and going to circuits. I used to go with my father but that stopped around 1976. I was studying in Manchester in 83/84 and was renting a bedsit around 15 minutes walk from Belle Vue. A friend of mine on the course took me to Belle Vue for BRISCA stock cars and I was enthralled. Went back several times before my stint 'up north' came to an end. When I came back, I started visiting Thruxton (my 'local' circuit) Brands and Silverstone and for the next 3 years I was somewhere virtually every weekend in my Inca Yellow MGB GT. Then I got married in 1988 and my circuit visits were curtailed somewhat.....
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