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GN5872 - Period race history

   1931  

Phoenix Park - Irish grand prix (Eireann cup) - No 11

Finished 8th (last) at an average speed of 70.38 MPH.

' Phoenix park 31

GN5872 - 31 - Phoenix park

GN5872 - 31 - Phoenix park 2

Brooklands August bank holiday meeting - Race 8 The third august mountain  handicap - No 3

31 Brooklands

 

Ards Tourist Trophy - August 22 - No 12

GN5872 - 31 - Ards 5

GN5872 - 31 - Ards 1

GN5872 - 31 - Ards 4

Outpaced by the Talbot 105 team

Ards 31 Before

Ards 31 Start

Ards 31 after

 

Southport Sands 1 mile race

GN5872 - 31 - Southport sands

   1932    (it acquired a second bonnet)

Brooklands 1000 mile handicap race - Bill Esplen/Bill Craig - No. 11.

Completed 348 laps.

“The Talbot 90 driven by Esplen and Craig was suffering from a constant loss of water, necessitating numerous pit-stops, and on one occasion the mechanic was scalded, luckily not seriously, when refilling the radiator”

GN5872 - 32 - Brooklands (practice)

GN5872 - 32 - Brooklands 2

GN5872 - 32 - Brooklands 1

Ards Tourist Trophy - August 20 - No 7

Completed 15 laps and retired with front brake failure.

Ards 32

GN5872 - 32 - Ards 2

 

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