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10 March 2008
Birkin's Single-seater Bentley
Prominent amongst the few cars, which have really captured the affections of the Brooklands crowd, stands Sir Henry Birkin's great blue single-seater Bentley. Encouraged, no doubt, by the deeds of the supercharged 4 1/2-litre Bentley cars at Le Mans and in Ireland, and inspired by his own traditional role of pacemaker to the opposition, Birkin's obvious choice in his search for a worthy Brooklands mount, able to beat Kaye Don's lap-record of 134.23 m.p.h., was the Blower Bentley.
Prominent amongst the few cars, which have really captured the affections of the Brooklands crowd, stands Sir Henry Birkin's great blue single-seater Bentley. Encouraged, no doubt, by the deeds of the supercharged 4 1/2-litre Bentley cars at Le Mans and in Ireland, and inspired by his own traditional role of pacemaker to the opposition, Birkin's obvious choice in his search for a worthy Brooklands mount, able to beat Kaye Don's lap-record of 134.23 m.p.h., was the Blower Bentley. Continued...
