BROOKLANDS REUNION –13TH AUGUST S
unny weather and a spectacular gathering of first-class machinery formed a fitting back-
drop to the110th anniversary Reunion meeting on Sunday 13th August. The main focus of the day was the official unveiling of an exact working replica of the giant, 12 metres (39 feet) tall Scoreboard, which dominated the pre-war Paddock skyline and features in hundreds of period photographs and film.
The timetable had been adjusted to accommo- date the ceremony which meant the action started almost as soon as the gates opened with Test Hill ascents. At 11.45am spectators gathered in the Outer Paddock gazing up at the bright, white structure as the officials mounted the stairs. At 12 noon Sir Gerald Acher, Chairman of the Brooklands Museum Trust, began proceedings from the platform of the Scoreboard, followed by Nick Duckworth from Aston Martin and Museum Director and CEO, Allan Winn. With the original Scoreboard having been demolished after the Second World War and no plans available, he explained how the Museum’s staff and contractors had to recreate its design and operating mechanism through painstaking research, including viewing hundreds of photographs and hours of period film. The entire cost of building the new Scoreboard has been met by the Brooklands Trust Members – through individual donations and fund-raising activities – and a welcome donation from Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd in tribute to the Aston
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The recreated Scoreboard open for business (John Retter).
Scoreboard opening party, left to right, BTM Chairman Neil Bailey, Allan Winn, Sir Gerald
Acher and Nick Duckworth of Aston Martin (John Retter).
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Martins and Lagondas which saw great success at Brooklands in the 1920s and 30s. Two chequered flags covered the top section and these were lowered as soon as the bell, mounted on the side, had been rung. Underneath the flags were name boards that echoed the final results of the 1935 BRDC 500 Miles Race with the names of Cobb, von der Becke, Howe, Hamilton and De Belleroche chalked up. As the applause died down, the Napier-Railton was started as a tribute to it winning this BRDC event, with Cobb driving, and it blasted its way to the top of the Finishing Straight and back again.
The Paddock boasted some of the earlier and
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