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22 August 2008
Brooklands Superstar
In 1964 'Rusty' Russ-Turner acquired the car of his boyhood dreams. Looking at the car today, one can appreciate just how vivid an impression it must have made when bounding round Brooklands at the height of its fame. It is Captain Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin's Blower Bentley single-seater... Russ-Turner vividly recalls how he was first attracted to both car and driver over 50 years ago: "I think I first saw the car at Brooklands in 1930 and thereafter it was the only reason I went to Brooklands again...
In 1964 'Rusty' Russ-Turner acquired the car of his boyhood dreams. Looking at the car today, one can appreciate just how vivid an impression it must have made when bounding round Brooklands at the height of its fame. It is Captain Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin's Blower Bentley single-seater... Russ-Turner vividly recalls how he was first attracted to both car and driver over 50 years ago: "I think I first saw the car at Brooklands in 1930 and thereafter it was the only reason I went to Brooklands again... Continued…
