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1927

3 litre supersports

Largada - Six Hours Race
at Brooklands
 
 
 
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Bentley Boys
 

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Bentley Boys

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1934 B.R.D.C. 500 Mile Race

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Jack Dunfee & Glen Kidston in 4½ SC during 1930 Double Twelve

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R.K. Marker in a Bentley 6½ Litre at Brooklands Race Track, 1936

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1930 Bentley At LeMans

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Pierre Marechal's "Speed Six"exceeding 100 m.p.h. at Gransden in 1947

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'Team' 6½ litre with which Clement and Watney finished second at Le Mans, 1930

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Left: Speed Six that was second at Le Mans, 1930; Right: Speed Six which won the race driven by Barnato & Kidston

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A. J. Butterworth in action at Gransden in his 4½ litre

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Dr. Benjafield coming into the pits during the Le Mans, 1930

63
This 4½ litre retired at
Le Mans in 1928

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4½ litre which won at Le Mans in 1928, driven by Barnato & Rubin

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Brooklands: Tim Birkin with Billy Rockall changing plugs

60
Brooklands: Tim Birkin in the Blower Bentley at the bump

59
Tim Birkin taking his blower Bentley through an "S" bend on the Pau Circuit during the 1930 French Grand Prix.
Source: The Colorful World of Motorsport:  The Great Cars, Great Drivers and Great Races by Jeffrey Daniels, 1980 (br_0068)
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The winning 3 Litre Bentley in the pits before the 1927 race.
Source: The Centenary of the Car:  1885-1985 by Andrew Whyte, 1984 (br_0067)
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Bentley Speed Six at LeMans in 1930.

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Jack Dunfee and Woolf Barnato with their winning 6½ Litre in 1929

55
1927. Dinner at Savoy Hotel in London hosted by Sir Edward Iliffe

54
1929. 4½ litre of S.C.H. Davis & Sir Ronald Gunter in first 24 hours Brooklands race

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1928. H.R.H. "Tim" Birkin makes a pit stop in Tourist Trophy race.

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1929 Le Mans race with the Bentley team taking first four places


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W. O. Bentley taking the Ramsey hairpin in the 1922 Tourist Trophy race.

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1930. J.D. Benjafield & E.R. Hall finish second in the B.R.D.C. 50 Miles Race at Brooklands.

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1928. The Speed Six.

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1930. Two 6½ litre Bentleys take the yellow flag at Le Mans to finish first and second.

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1930. Bentley take first two places in the Junior Car Clubs Double Twelve race at Brooklands.

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1929. Frank Clement (left) and Jack Barclay seated on the 4½ litre after winning the Brooklands 500 Miles Race.

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Pit stop for Woolf Barnato's winning 6½ Litre in 1930 race.

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Woolf Barnato's 4½ Litre beats Stutz in 1928 LeMans race.

43
Old No. 1 receiving a first in class award at the Pebble Beach Concours. The Old No.
1 Brooklands Racing Bentley crashed in 1932, killing the driver Clive Dunfee.

42
Pit Stop for a 4½ Litre
Bentley (1929)

41
Bentley Racing at LeMans

40
Barnato takes the wheel (with co-driver Frank Clement) in the "Double 12 Hours" Race at Brooklands

39
"Old Number 7" making its appearance at Le Mans, in 1926

38
"Old Number One" winning its first LeMans race in 1929

37
Bentleys at Brooklands

36
Bentley Boys Triumph at LeMans

35
1924 LeMans

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1930 6½ Litre driven by Woolf Barnato after "LeMans" victory.

33
Le Mans 1930-Parade of
winning car after race.

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(L-R) Frank Clement, WO Bentley and John Duff with 1924 Le Mans Winning 3 Litre Bentley.

Tim Birkin takes the Pontilieue Hairpin in Old Number 1 Speed 6 Le Mans 1929
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4½ litre Bentley at
1929 LeMans

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Brooklands: Barnato & Dunfee in Bentley Old No. 1 after winning 1929 Six Hour Race

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Bentley Boys: Glen Kidston (left) and Woolf Barnato. Barnato won each of the three Le Mans he entered, a record that still stands to this day (2006).

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1929 - Montlhery 24 Hours Record

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1929 - Birkin and Barnato at LeMans

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1924 - After Scrutineering
at LeMans

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1924 - Frank Clements "At Speed" at LeMans

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1930 - Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin Playing Catch-Up at LeMans

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Wally Hassan, Jack Dunfee, Woolf Barnato & Stan Ivernee

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1922 3-litre in "Tourist
Trophy Race"

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1930 Brooklands

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1930 Brooklands

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Bentley 4.5 litre refueling at Brooklands 1930

08
1936 Brooklands - The First Ever Bentley Drivers Club Race

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Scottish Whit Rally

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1928 - The Team at LeMans Scrutineering
 
 

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The famous BIRKIN BLOWER BENTLEY single seater Brooklands outer-circuit racing car at speed at Brooklands track in England in the early 1930s. Three show the car's owner-driver Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin bt. at speed and a third shows the car appearing to be trundling back from a run, low on the banking, it's "Brooklands can and fishtail" silencer system visible, puffing a little smoke of of the back. This famous car used a supercharged "blown" Bentley 4.5 litre engine of the type Birkin created to race at Le Mans much against the wishes of W O Bentley himself. The original Bentley chassis and body have been cut down to make this a single seater and at one time it held the outright lap record at almost 140mph at the famous track.

Source: www.simonlewisbooks.co.uk
Posted: Sep 09, 2006

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photograph received from Simon Hunt for Chassis No. RL3439
Sep 30, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Dick Clay for Chassis No. 147
Sep 29, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Ernst Jan Krudop for his Chassis No. AX1651
Sep 28, 2020 - Info and photographs received from Lars Hedborg for his Chassis No. KL3590
Sep 25, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. XV 3207
Sep 24, 2020 - Info and photograph added for Registration No. YM 7165
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