CURRENT SERIES/EVENTS / Off-track / Brighton Speed Trials (1905-to date)

Brighton Speed Trials (1905-to date)

1905 (Jul 19-22) – flying start, 1km
Clifford Earp (GB)-Napier (23s)

1906-1922 NO EVENT

1923 (Jul 14) – standing-start, ½m
J Joyce (GB)-AC (No time given)

1924 (Sep 6) – standing-start, ½m
J Joyce (GB)-AC (28s)

1925-1931 NO EVENT

1932 (Sep 17)
Sir Malcolm Campbell (GB)-Sunbeam (23.6s)

1933 (Sep 23)
Whitney Straight (GB)-Maserati (24.2s)

1934 (Sep 15)
Richard Shuttleworth (GB)-Bugatti Type 51 (23.8s)

1935 (Sep 14)
Richard Shuttleworth (GB)-Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B (22.68s)

1936 (Sep 26)
Sydney Cummings (GB)-Vauxhall Villiers (22.90s)

1937 (Sep 25)
Geoffrey Taylor (GB)-Alta (22.84s)

1938 (Jul 2)
Geoffrey Taylor (GB)-Alta (22.45s)

1939-1945 NO EVENT

1946 (Sep 7) – standing-start, 1km
Raymond Mays (GB)-ERA R4D (24.47s)

1947 (Sep 1)
Raymond Mays (GB)-ERA R4D (24.27s)

1948 (Sep 4)
Raymond Mays (GB)-ERA R4D (23.76s)

1949 (Sep 3)
Archie Butterworth (GB)-AJB (24.91s)

1950 (Sep 2)
Raymond Mays (GB)-ERA R4D (24.40s)

1951 (Sep 1)
Archie Butterworth (GB)-AJB (26.63s)

1952 (Sep 6)
Ted Lloyd-Jones (GB)-Triangle (23.91s)

1953 (Sep 5)
Ted Lloyd-Jones (GB)-Triangle (24.55s)

1954 (Sep 4)
Ken Wharton (GB)-ERA R4D (23.36s)

1955 (Sep 3)
Ken Wharton (GB)-ERA R4D (23.99s)

1956 (Sep 1)
Ken Wharton (GB)-ERA R4D (23.34s)

1957 (Sep 7)
Bill Sadler (CDN)-Sadler Special (25.44s)

1958 (Sep 6)
Jim Berry (GB)-ERA Special (25.01s)

1959 (Sep 5)
Arthur Owen (GB)-Cooper-Climax (25.50s)

1960 (Sep 3)
Jim Berry (GB)-Cooper-ERA (23.21s)

1961 (Sep 2)
Gordon Parker (GB)-HK Jaguar Special (24.63s)

1962 (Sep 15)
Chris Summers (GB)-Cooper-Chevrolet (21.69s)

1963 (Sep 14)
Ken Wilson (GB)-BRM (23.10s)

1964 (Sep 12)
Dante Duce (USA)-Moonbeam-Chevrolet (21.95s)

1965 (Sep 11)
Chris Summers (GB)-Lotus-Chevrolet 24 (21.56s)

1966 (Sep 17)
Chris Summers (GB)-Lotus-Chevrolet 24 (20.70s)

1967 (Sep 16)
John Woolf (GB)-AC Cobra (22.51s)

1968 (Sep 14)
Patsy Burt (GB)-McLaren-Oldsmobile M3A (20.21s)

1969 NO EVENT

1970 (Sep 12) – standing-start, ¼m
Gerry Tyack (GB)-Brabham BT23 (12.89s)

1971 (Sep 11) – standing-start, 1km
Jonty Williamson (GB)-Cooper-Chrysler T81B (21.05s)

1972 (Sep 9)
Jonty Williamson (GB)-McLaren (22.42s)

1973 (Sep 8)
Bob Rose (GB)-McLaren-Chevrolet M14D (20.53s)

1974 (Sep 14)
David Purley (GB)-Trojan-Chevrolet T101 (18.63s)

1975 (Sep 13)
David Purley (GB)-Chevron-Cosworth B30 (19.70s)

1976 (Sep 11)
David Render (GB)-Lotus-Cosworth 76 (18.77s)

1977 (Sep 10)
Simon Riley (GB)-Brabham-Cosworth BT33 (18.28s)

1978 (Sep 9)
Dave Harris (GB)-McRae-Chevrolet GM1)/Terry Smith (GB)-Brabham-Repco BT36 (17.48s)

1979 (Sep 8)
Terry Smith (GB)-March-Repco 761 (18.82s)

1980 (Sep 13) – standing-start, ½m
Mark Williams (GB)-Hesketh-DFV 308E (15.49s)

1981 (Sep 12)
Terry Smith (GB)-March-Repco 761 (15.73s)

1982 (Sep 11)
Ken Ayers (GB)-March-DFV 79S (15.63s)

1983 (Sep 10)
Ken Ayers (GB)-March-DFV 79S (16.08s)

1984 (Sep 8)
Ken Ayers (GB)-Lyncar-DFL MS84 (15.53s)

1985 (Sep 14)
Ken Ayers (GB)-Lyncar-DFL MS84 (15.64s)

1986 (Sep 13)
Roy Woodhouse (GB)-March-Rover 772/782 (18.71s)

1987 (Sep 12)
Clive Bracey (GB)-Vebra-Chevrolet (15.29s)

1988 (Sep 10)
Clive Bracey (GB)-Vebra-Chevrolet (14.98s)

1989 (Sep 9)
Paul Edwards (GB)-Pilbeam MP58 (14.97s)

1990 (Sep 8)
Ken Ayers (GB)-Pilbeam MP58 (15.32s)

1991 (Sep 14)
John Gray (GB)-Pilbeam MP58 (14.48s)

1992 (Sep 12)
John Gray (GB)-SPA-Judd (14.48s)

1993 (Sep 11) – standing-start, ¼m
John Gray (GB)-SPA-Judd (8.90s)

1994 (Sep 11)
Les Edmonds (GB)-BRD TS001 (10.53s)

1995 (Sep 10)
Mike Lee (GB)-Lyncar 79B (10.61s)

1996 (Sep 15)
David Render (GB)-Pilbeam MP43 (9.88s)

1997 (Sep 13)
Peter de Druillenec (GB)-Miller Exocet (10.20s)

1998 (Sep 13)
Richard George (GB)-Pilbeam MP62 (10.68s)

1999 (Sep 11)
Tony Bianchi (GB)-Pilbeam MP62 (10.92s)

2000 (Sep 9)
Shaun Saunders (GB)-Datsun 240Z (10.25s)

2001 (Sep 8)
Paul Marston (GB)-Chrysler PT Cruiser (10.41s)

2002 (Sep 14)
Paul Marston (GB)-Chrysler PT Cruiser (10.17s)

2003 (Sep 13)
Phillip Cook (GB)-Force PC (10.25s)

2004 (Sep 11)
Jim Tiller (GB)-Allard (10.20s)

2005 (Sep 10)
Mike Endean (GB)-Gould Puma (9.45s)

2006 (Sep 9)
Jim Tiller (GB)-Allard (10.28s)

2007 (Sep 8)
Chris Cannel (GB)-Force SR8 (10.33s)

2008 (Sep 13)
Mike Endean (GB)-Gould Puma (9.95s)

2009 (Sep 12)
Mike Endean (GB)-Gould Puma (9.63s)

2010 (Sep 11)
Mike Endean (GB)-Gould Puma (10.63s)

2011 (Sep 10)
Rodney Thorne (GB)-Pilbeam MP43 (10.59s)

2012 (Sep 8)
Rob Stevens (GB)-Force SR4 (10.12s)

2013: Event cancelled

2014 (Sep 6)
Rob Stevens (GB)-Force SR4 (9.87s)

2015 (Sep 5)
Jim Tiller (GB)-Allard Chevrolet J2 (10.43s)

2016 (Sep 3)
Rodney Thorne (GB)-Pilbeam MP43 (10.64s)

Total events: 79

Winning drivers

5 wins-Ken Ayers
4 wins-Mike Endean, Raymond Mays
3 wins-John Gray, Terry Smith, Chris Summers, Jim Tiller, Ken Wharton
2 wins-Jim Berry, Archie Butterworth, J Joyce, Ted Lloyd-Jones, Tony Marston, David Purley, David Render, Richard Shuttleworth, Rob Stevens, Geoffrey Taylor, Rodney Thorne, Jonty Williamson
1 win-Tony Bianchi, Clive Bracey, Patsy Burt, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Chris Cannell, Philip Cook, Sydney Cummings, Peter de Druillenec, Dante Duce, Clifford Earp, Les Edmunds, Paul Edwards, Richard George, Dave Harris, Mike Lee, Arthur Owen, Gordon Parker, Simon Riley, Bob Rose, Bill Sadler, Whitney Straight, Shaun Saunders, Gerry Tyack, Mark Williams, Ken Wilson, Roy Woodhouse, John Woolf

Total winning drivers: 47

Winning nationalities

Canada-1 driver (Sadler)
Great Britain-45 drivers (Ayers, Berry, Bianchi, Bracey, Burt, Butterworth, Campbell, Cannell, Cook, Cummings, de Druillenec, Earp, Endean, Edmunds, Edwards, George, Gray, Harris, Joyce, Lee, Lloyd-Jones, Mays, Marston, Owen, Parker, Purley, Render, Riley, Rose, Shuttleworth, Stevens, Straight, Saunders, Smith, Summers, Taylor, Thorne, Tiller, Tyack, Wharton, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Woodhouse, Woolf)
United States-1 driver (Duce)

Total winning nationalities: 3

Winning manufacturers

8 wins-ERA, Plbeam
5 wins-March
4 wins-Cooper, Gould
3 wins-AC, Allard, Brabham, Force, Lyncar, McLaren
2 wins-Alta, AJB, Chrysler, Lotus, SPA, Vebra
1 win-Alfa Romeo, BRD, BRM, Bugatti, Chevron, Datsun, Force, Hesketh, HK, Maserati, McRae, Miller, Moonbeam, Napier, Sadler, Sunbeam, Triangle, Trojan, Vauxhall

Total wins: 79 by 36 manufacturers