This year’s Double Twelve event at Brooklands attracted more than 5000 visitors as its unique driving concours and speed trials presented an unmissable weekend of action.
The museum’s recently acquired 1927 Grand Prix Delage provided an unbeatable opening day spectacle as it was paraded round the track with the Birkin Bentley from George Daniels collection and the Museum’s iconic Napier Railton.
The event, which incorporates a VSCC meet, got off to a flyer as Saturday played host to the Double Twelve Speed Trials around the Mercedes-Benz World handling circuit, which had been modified especially for the event. Mac Hulbert posted the fastest time of the day in his 1938 ERA R4D.
The driving test phase of the Double Twelve Driving Concours (which scores on a combination of driving skill and vehicle condition) got underway with various obstacles laid out on the Brooklands circuit aimed at testing the drivers’ metal. Tim Jarrett (below), in his Frazer Nash TT replica, would be crowned champion of the event.
The Test Hill Challenge pitted everything from Sinclair C5s to bicycles and motorcycles as well as giant pre-war racing cars against Brooklands’ famously steep test hill.