- Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…[[Concorde]]. {{Image url="BrooklandsNapier.jpg" class="right" title="Brooklands Napier" width="" }} ::cr:: == Home of Chitty Bang Bang == The English racing driver and automobile engineer **Count Louis Zborowski** raced at Brooklands in cars t…
…hat became known as '//Chitty Bang Bang//'. The aero-engined racing cars, were built with the help of engineer **Clive Gallop** in the 1920s. They in…
…spired [[James_bond| Ian Fleming]] to write the children's book that became a film and stage musical **Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang**. {{Image url="Chitty1.jpg" class="left" title="Chitty 1 at Brooklands" width="500" }} There were four Chit…
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