Mike Hawthorn was born in 1929 in a small south Yorkshire town, the son of an engineer whose passion happened to be motorcycles and motor sport. The family moved soon afterwards to Farnham in Surrey, so that Leslie Hawthorn could be near the Brooklands race circuit. It was not long before his son Jo..
Although many may think that it was only the Austin 7 which was campaigned in competition , this publication sows the seed with the early years of Austin 1906-1912 and illustrates the 1908 100hp Grand Prix racer, Miss Muriel Thompson at the wheel of ‘Pobble’, Percy Lambert’s &lsquo..
This is the first ever book to concentrate on sporting Rileys, to the exclusion of all others, which allows full and knowledgeable analysis of each range to be presented. Coverage of the Red winger, Brooklands Nine, Imp, MPH and Sprite models is complete. The book contains the facts and figures, and..
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