Stanley Mann Racing at Classic Days 2014, Schloss Dyck Germany
Next to UY6485 - a 1929 Bentley Speed Six Le Mans - is Old Mother Gun, a former Brooklands racer with a fascinating history. Converted to a single-seater by Richard Marker, and fitted with a 6 1/2-litre Bentley engine in 1934, it was then rebuilt on a longer chassis by Robin Jackson as a single-seat racing car designed with one purpose in mind: to lap the banked Brooklands track faster than any other. As the Bentley-Jackson Special, it duly achieved this on several occasions, touching 145mph and completing laps at more than 130mph; and this in an era when a car was considered sporting if it would top 60mph in a straight line.
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Location: Dyck Castle near Düsseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe
Photo credit: © eddie linssen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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