Brooklands: The Birthplace of Motorsport
Brooklands: The Birthplace of Motorsport This weekend, motorsport fans celebrated at Brooklands, highlighting a centenary of motorsport. Founded by wealthy industrialist Hugh Locke King and opened on June 17, 1907, Brooklands stands as a legendary monument to British engineering prowess, and what a celebration it was, with Motorsport celebrating every class of competitive driving one could think of, and race fans flooding in to celebrate in style. Brooklands was built in Weybridge, Surrey , to bypass the strict 20 mph speed limit imposed on public UK roads at the turn of the century; it laid the foundation for modern competitive racing, and it's never been forgotten by the motorsports world. The Banked Concrete Oval: Designed as a 2.75-mile (4.43 km) oval, Brooklands incorporated two massive, steep banked turns—the Members' Banking (reaching nearly 30 feet high) and the Byfleet Banking . Extreme Speeds Without Steering: The extreme banking allow...
