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Three Pieces of 1929 Racing Ephemera
The Age of Endeavour Collection
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£500 - £550 GBP | Offered Without Reserve
| London, United Kingdom
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32 × 29 cm
A 1929 RAC Tourist Trophy Race 17 August, Ards Circuit Belfast the Official Programme.
Five Bentleys entered the field, three Supercharged 4.5s, the 4.5-Litre, ‘Old Mother Gun’, and ‘Old No One’ Speed Six. This race attracted some of the finest racing drivers of the day including the Alfa Romeos of Ivanowski, Campari, and Ramponi and the 7-Litre Supercharged Mercedes of Caracciola, Merz, and Thistlethwayte. Equally notable was the inclusion of W.O. Bentley, who sat alongside Tim Birkin as his racing mechanic.
The 1929 RAC International Tourist Trophy Race, Ards Circuit Belfast 17 August, Finishing Order, List of Awards, and Competitors’ Lap Times published by the RAC Pall Mall, London.
The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News – Saturday, August 24 1929.
The newspaper includes four pages of photographs and news coverage of this famous race.
