GEORGE ABECASSIS RACING DRIVER

We have, for some reason, not provided good grids at this famous circuit so let's support the VSCC who have kindly invited us to join them. By the end of the season, HWM 1 had shown it was a car with great potential, and this George and John Heath tried to bring out during the winter overhaul. Abecassis raced between and so there was a superb selection of cars for enthusiasts to enjoy. The circumstances giving rise to him fulfilling his desire to buy an Alta were tragic: Earlier in the day, Martyn Corfield had also had one hand on the Bic Healey Trophy, but a puncture induced pit stop deprived him and it was Richard Woolmer, pressing on with great verve in the pretty yellow Sebring to keep Martyn in sight who took advantage and swept to a well deserved victory. Prix de Rome [19]. The Season On this day of wintery gloom, a shaft of sunlight has burst through in the form of our Race Season Calendar — promising six excellent races — one per month at our most favoured circuits, courtesy of invitations from HSCC, Bentley Drivers Club and Castle Combe Racing Club.

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This is the 4th running of this race but is particularly poignant and significant this year as it will be the 60th anniversary of the tragic death of this legendary driver at Spa inso I'm really hoping that this year we can present a grid that does justice to Archie.

Brighton Speed Trials [31]. In the latter he was subjected to some interesting tactical racing by a pair of the Lotus Elites, and Robin Ellis in Tony Mantle's example finished second just over 3 seconds behind after 30 minutes of racing. A glance at Race List will show that sbecassis raced a number of cars that year: Motors Ltd 5 th 2. Photo - Pat Arculus, Tripos Media.

George Abecassis

The Tempsford Squadrons were engaged in flying materials and spies to Resistance groups for the secret services. Hardy grabbed an early lead but was overtaken by Matthews during the first lap. Through the eighteen years of its frontline career the Goodwood Motor Circuit provided the stage upon which numerous motor racing heroes enthralled the crowds. Later in the day Jonathan completed abeccassis double by comfortably winning the Chairman's Bic Healey Trophy race.

One reason why he never reached the front rank was because he lacked the funds to buy the fastest and more reliable machines; so his talent had to compensate.

George Abecassis Racing Driver with a Passion for Speed

Being under fire in a slow and ill-defended aircraft during the war had taught him that fortune favours the brave. Although the car was repaired in time for his defence of his Imperial Trophy title in October, he retired again, and all he could do was console himself with a win in the Imperial Plate for Sports Carswhen he drove another borrowed Alta Sports model.

Both had been public school pupils. Abecassis British born to Abecaszis citizens although his father was of Portuguese extraction had carved himself a considerable reputation as a racing driver pre-war — notably in his single-seat Alta car — while Heath was an engineer, fascinated by the racing car as a technical exercise.

The George Abecassis Gallery

The Grand Prix Alta did at least finish on three out of its six races, but well down the order, and its best performance was at the British Grand Prix in May; but when it let George down at the French Grand Prix in July, George had had enough of the car, and he abandoned it forever.

Retrieved 8 December The battle which at the time was for 2nd, was only broken aabecassis by the compulsory pitstop, taken by James but missed out altogether by Guillermo with inevitable consequences! Thus encouraged, George ran fourth in the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace in June and captured the Hill record on his very first visit to Prescott in July — now he was on his way, and he followed this up by winning the British Trophy at Brooklands in early August.

We should be able to muster well over 30 cars for this lovely meeting, so let's show BDC how much we appreciate their invitation and continued faith in our ability to provide an interesting and high quality field.

George, unfortunately, was captured, together with one of his colleagues, and together they endured seven months of incarceration as POWs. The 20 minute race will be run on the Silverstone National circuit on August 5th NOV 10 th Doug Nye: After the war it was refurbished and in Abecassis took it to the Grand Prix des Nations in Geneva. That car, registered HWM 1, had a good opening season, retiring only three times in 12 starts, two of which were in his opening races — the Grand Prix de Roubaix where he took the lap record!

At this time he also entered some club events and those arranged at Brooklands by the Junior Racing Drivers Club, whose instruction he took very seriously.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Martyn Corfield drove superbly well to take our Inter-Marque race on Sunday. He would have liked to buy an ERA, of course, but despite having come into an inheritance feorgehe could not really justify spending several thousand on such a car a luxury which was not beyond Bira, though, who went on to buy three of them.

Leave a Reply Cancel abecassus Your email address will not be published. He started out with high hopes, but the work Geoffrey Taylor had done on his car over the winter did not bear fruit, as Race List shows. Stolen from a secure barn overnight. Entrance was by invitation only and included as many of the cars actually raced by Abecassis as could be found in current racing trim.

Doug Nye: George Abecassis – The Man Behind HWM

This was a triumph for George and Geoffrey Taylor, and they abecwssis hoped that more glory would follow soon. Full race report and photos now appear under the Race Reports '16 of our menu, above. But the car rose to the moment, and managed to come round with two laps to go with the same lead over Bira.