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Unheralded Predecessors: Opposition

February 14, 2022 By pete

1951 Kieft Norton CK51 would be Stirling Moss’s new mount.

By Pete Vack
Photos by Jonathan Sharp from the Goodwood Revival, 2015.

Of the three victories achieved by non-Cooper cars in 1950, Frank Aikens of Wingco fame won at Silverstone with the Dick Ceasar-designed Iota-Triumph. The Jonsson-driven Effyh won another, and the third defeat was, of course, dealt at Rheims by the JBS, the most serious contender so far. Alfred J. Bottoms’ short career was both wild and meteoric. He was an ex-motorcycle racer who embarked upon an F3 effort in 1950, modifying another special with his own revised rear suspension.

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