Early racing pioneer
20. Jan 2025
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Original photograph from the era, dating back to 1924, capturing British racing driver and entrepreneur Raymond Mays (1899-1980), at the precise moment when the race car he was driving, lost its rear left wheel.
Mays was one of the principal people behind the development of the motor racing stables of English Racing Automobiles (ERA) and British Racing Motors (BRM). The workshops of each firm were established, in turn, behind the family home on Eastgate Road in Bourne. He is seen here-below… racing a plane!