#BrightonSpeedTrials

The Brighton Speed Trials are one of Britain’s oldest and most historic motor-sport events. The inaugural meeting was held in 1905 on Brighton’s seafront, on a specially prepared stretch of road later renamed Madeira Drive. The event was conceived with the support of Brighton Corporation and became an important early showcase for high-speed motoring in Britain. After interruptions in its early history and during the two World Wars, the Speed Trials became an established fixture of the British competition calendar, traditionally held on Madeira Drive. Organised by the Brighton and Hove Motor Club, the event developed into a straight-line speed competition for cars and motorcycles, with competitors running against the clock from a standing start. During the inter-war and post-war periods it attracted many leading drivers and increasingly powerful racing and sports cars, becoming one of the best-known sprint events in British motor sport. In 1977, Motor Sport described it as “the oldest motor sporting event on the British calendar.”

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