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Page 1 - The Members Banking
Page 2 - Railway Straight
Page 3 - The Byfleet Banking
Page 4 - The Campbell Circuit
Page 5 - The Start/Finish Straight and Test Hill
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THE FASTLANE :: Features :: Brooklands 2004 :: Page 4
After coming off of the Members Banking, this corner led the drivers on the Campbell Circuit and onto one of two long straights...:
...of which only one exists today - in a relatively good state, although the track is braking up (and it definately did hurt when I tripped over a big crack around here!):
At the end of the straight is a 90-degree left-hander...:
...which led the drivers (and their cars!) onto a short straight...:
...which went over a bridge over the River Wey:
A company has built their site and their car park over the Campbell Circuit, but in the late-30s, the cars would have come off of a long straight - an equal length to the other one - towards where this image was taken...:
...and turned right round this corner...:
...before screaming up this straight ready to get back onto the Members Banking:
There is only a tiny bit of the corner left at the top. The rest was tarmacked over.
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