The start of the 1930 Brooklands 500-mile race. Wealthy landowner Hugh Fortesque Locke-King decided during a European tour in 1906 that Britain had to have its own motorcar testing track if its fledgling car industry was to develop and prosper in competition with the Europeans.

The start of the 1930 Brooklands 500-mile race. Wealthy landowner Hugh Fortesque Locke-King decided during a European tour in 1906 that Britain had to have its own motorcar testing track if its fledgling car industry was to develop and prosper in competition with the Europeans.

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