14-08-2018, 01:21 AM
(12-08-2018, 04:29 PM)Mike Costigan Wrote: Even in August 1907 it didn't look that good!Arthur Waite, who competed in a larger Austin originally (long before the Seven), told me that most of the joins were bad enough to shake the fillings out of one's teeth. In later years one of the Duck drivers (from memory it may have been Driscoll) used to pad the inside of the car with foam rubber to avoid the shocks on his knees & body. Perhaps not a perfect track? In previous corres, we've discussed Aspendale where similarly after several meetings there were cancellations often because of the condition of the track (which at first was dirt) - then it was closed for several months in order to rebuild the track (for 1923 season) with the concrete banking a la Brooklands. But afterwards there were similar problems. After a couple of motorcyclists were killed there, the Car organising body withdrew their support, so only crazy motorcyclists kept racing there up until WW2. Imagine what it would cost to build a trouble-free circuit on the lines of Brooklands today. Cheers, Bill in Oz.