Yorkshire Motor Sport A Century of Memories

by Carter, Larry

• ISBN13: 9781398116849
• ISBN10: 139811684X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-08-15
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Summary

Yorkshire has been a hotbed of motorsport since the early years of the last century. In this book, motorsport broadcaster and journalist Larry Carter presents a selection of memorable motorsport events, competitors, venues, and personalities in the county from the 1920s onwards. The Sutton Bank Time Trials and the Harewood Hill Climb started in the early years of the last century and the latter is still going today. The 1938 Scott Trial was held on the Yorkshire Moors as war clouds gathered and in 1971, one of the most iconic RAC Rallies ever, started at Harrogate. Yorkshire competitors include Formula 1 World Champion Mike Hawthorn, several generations of the Lampkin family, Wakefield stars Mick Grant and Denis Parkinson on two wheels as well as Doncaster ace Tony Sugden and Leeds entrepreneur Chris Meek on four wheels. There is also the tragic Carter family linked to the Halifax and Bradford speedway teams. The lost tracks at Carnaby and Rufforth staged massive races into the 1980s, motocross at Hutton Conyers was regularly shown on TV and Oliver’s Mount in Scarborough welcomed a roll call of world champions for over half a century from the 1940s. Delving through the archives, Larry Carter has unearthed a fascinating collection of the most memorable motorsport events and achievements over the last 100 years in Yorkshire which will appeal to all motorsport enthusiasts in the area and beyond.

Author Biography

Larry Carter is a motorsport broadcaster and journalist based in the North East of England. A former motorcycle road racing champion, he runs an established motorsports PR and Communications company, Cartersport. He also produces event programmes for most British Superbike Championship meetings and other meetings including some British Touring Car Championship meetings. He is the Publishing Editor for an annual review of the British Superbike Championshop – ‘Seeing Red’ – and was Editor (and eventually owner) of a specialist national print magazine for six years. His has written one book for Amberley Publishing previously, North Eastern Motorsport: A Century of Memories.