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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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Isle Of Man: 24 year old Rhodesian, Gary Hocking won his first senior T.T. race

Isle Of Man: 24 year old Rhodesian, Gary Hocking won his first senior T.T. race here yesterday at the record speed of 103.51 m.p.h for the 226.4 miles of the mountain coarse
Pushing his machine to the limit, Hocking, this years Rhodesian "Federal Sportsman Of The Year" rode his M.V. Augusta 500 c.c. four cylinder machine to a record breaking lap of 105.75 M.P.H.
The previous record was set up by John Surtees in 1960 with a speed of 104.08 M.P.H.
Here, Hocking, who came to the country in 1958 from Bulawayo and holds an M.B.E., takes his machine into a right had corner approaching Governor's Bridge during the race.
Second was E. Boyce on a 499 c.c. Norton and third was F. Stevens, also riding a 499 c.c. Norton.
9 June 1962

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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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