London to Brighton Run 2017

Story and Photos by Jonathan Sharp

From a total of 450 entries submitted for this year’s Royal Automobile Club/Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran car run, 49% were of French manufacture. Starting from Hyde Park at 7:02 am (sunrise) 405 cars headed off to Brighton to celebrate the 121st Anniversary run of the passing of the light locomotives on the highway act of 1896. This act of Parliament raised the speed limit for light locomotives weighing less than 3 tons from 4 to 14 mph, and also abolished the requirement for the vehicle to be proceeded by a person on foot carrying a red flag. [Read more…] about London to Brighton, 2017

Photos by Jonathan Sharp

Fat chance you’ll ever get to see Lewis Hamilton’s face while racing, but at Brighton, they do things the old way. Thank goodness and may it last forever. The first set of images below are blow ups; scroll down to see full size images of the car and drivers. Ed.

For a more complete coverage of this year’s 450 entry Brighton Run, click here.

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