This car took part in three races at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011, including the two hour long VSCC Team Relay Race for Pre-war Sports Cars.
It's James Potter's 1930 Riley Brooklands with a tuned version of the Riley Nine's 1,087cc 4-cylinder inline engine. The Riley Nine was designed by two of the Riley brothers, Percy and Stanley, and the Brooklands was the work of John G Parry Thomas and Reid Railton who shortened the chassis by some 15 inches and fitted an undershield the full length of the car. The engine had high compression pistons, special camshafts and 2 carburettors, increasing its output to 50bhp.
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