Has anyone else seen the footage of the huge highspeed car that launched itself off the banking and into the trees and general Weybridge countryside? The commentator is dead pan and says something like "Binky Clutterbuck had a prang on the fourth lap", as they were picking arms and legs out of the trees and wrapping them up in a blanket.
I far as I can remember, a few cars have vaulted the Members Banking or ended up in the River Wey.
I recall that one of Count Louis Zaborowski's 'Chitty Bang Bang' aero engined monsters went flying over the top once.
One of his later aero engined cars was subsequently bought by Parry Thomas, modified and renamed 'Babs'.
Babs ran successfully at Brooklands but subsequently attained notoriety on Pendine Sands in Wales on a Land Speed Record attempt. In short, the car crashed and killed (rather gruesomely) Parry Thomas.
Babs was buried in the sand for about 50 years before being being dug out and restored to running order. The car is certainly a monster, and makes occasional reappearances at Brooklands, along with the aero engined Napier Railton (but that's another story..............)
