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Dangerous corner..... Brands Hatch, Kent, England ; Unidentified speed car driver

Dangerous corner.....
Brands Hatch, Kent, England ; Unidentified speed car driver negotiates what appears to be a " dangerous corner " at the Brands Hatch motor circuit here today. The girl on the track is 22 year old French idol, Francoise Hardy, the innovator of the current mini - jupe ( short skirt ) craze, who is currently on location here for the movie, " Grand Prix ".
Racing sequences for the film are being made at Brands Hatch under the direction of John Frankenheimer for MGM Cinerama presentation.
12 July 1966

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Assen, Holland: Britain Mike Hailwood (N0. 1), worlds motor cycling champion, riding

Assen, Holland: Britain Mike Hailwood (N0 . 1), worlds motor cycling champion, riding a four-cylinder Italian M.V., closely follows team mate Giacomo Agostini (N0.2) as they round a bend during Senior Dutch T.T. Race at Assen, June 26th, Hailwood, who won the recent Isle of Man Senior T.T., for the third successive year, set up a new record when he won the event after a great duel with Agostini. His time for the 96.6-mile race was duel with Agostini. His time for the 96.6-miles race was 64:59.6 seconds - An average of 88.4 M.P.H.
29 June 1965

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Phil Read : born 1 January 1939, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Seen

Phil Read : born 1 January 1939, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Seen here receiving a congratulatory kiss from his 16 year old girlfriend, Margaret Sheene, after he won the Junior TT race in the 350cc class, at Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom. Phil Read, 22, rode his Norton into first place in his first ever TT race, ahead of Gary Hocking, Southern Rhodesia and Derek Minter.
15 June 1961

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