Henry Segrave, who made fastest car time of the day in 28.8s. This was eclipsed by Freddie Dixon on a racing Douglas motorcycle, who climbed in 22.8s. This was the meeting at which the unruly behaviour of the crowd and the accidents to T R Allchin and F W Giveen (the latter driving the ex Mays Bugatti 'Cordon Bleu')occurred, which effectively caused the demise of speed events held on public roads.
Mark Hughes
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Do you have any more info of Francis Giveen please
Guest
Sunday, November 15, 2009
F W Giveen was born in 1904, the son of a London barrister. in his autobiography 'Split Seconds', Raymond Mays tells a little about him and the circumstances of his purchase of Cordon Bleu when an Oxford undergraduate and the ensuing accident at Kop . He records that Giveen had overturned the car earlier during a test session a few weeks earlier near Bourne, when Mays was instructing him in the art of handling this "fast, light machine". I have seen no other references to FWG.
Jess
Monday, April 30, 2012
I'm currently looking for information on T. R. Allchin, in the hope of writing an article about him. Can anyone help me out? The first comment here indicates he was involved in an accident during this race??
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Henry Segrave, who made fastest car time of the day in 28.8s. This was eclipsed by Freddie Dixon on a racing Douglas motorcycle, who climbed in 22.8s. This was the meeting at which the unruly behaviour of the crowd and the accidents to T R Allchin and F W Giveen (the latter driving the ex Mays Bugatti 'Cordon Bleu')occurred, which effectively caused the demise of speed events held on public roads.
Do you have any more info of Francis Giveen please
F W Giveen was born in 1904, the son of a London barrister. in his autobiography 'Split Seconds', Raymond Mays tells a little about him and the circumstances of his purchase of Cordon Bleu when an Oxford undergraduate and the ensuing accident at Kop . He records that Giveen had overturned the car earlier during a test session a few weeks earlier near Bourne, when Mays was instructing him in the art of handling this "fast, light machine". I have seen no other references to FWG.
I'm currently looking for information on T. R. Allchin, in the hope of writing an article about him. Can anyone help me out? The first comment here indicates he was involved in an accident during this race??