KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
John Foulston
27/6/1947 - 29/9/1987
A keen amateur driver in sports cars and historics, John Foulston at one time owned Brands Hatch and a number of other UK circuits. Killed at Silverstone while testing a McLaren M15S Indycar.
John Foulston died 33 years ago, he was 40 , He would have been 73.
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John Foulston made his money in computers. He sold his company Atlantic Computers and in 1986 he bought Brands Hatch, Oulton Park and Snetterton circuits and established a new company called Brands Hatch Leisure Group. The following year he added Cadwell Park. He was a keen amateur driver in the Thundersport with a Lola T530 Can-Am and historic racing with a variety of machines, his wife Mary briefly raced as well.
On 29 September 1987, he crashed while testing his 1970 Indycar McLaren M15S-Offenhauser for the historic race scheduled for 4th October.
The car's throttle was jammed open when a piece of internal manifold that had been left in place from a previous modification, broke off under vibration. The car buried itself in the outside bank at Club corner. In those days there were only a few rows of catch fencing before you hit the railway sleepers. Foulston died at the scene.
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Lloyd Axel 1905 - 1971 -
Bill Spear 1916 - 1979 -
Bobby Myers 1927 - 1957 -
Chris Irwin 1942 -
Nico Rosberg 1985
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Alan Rollinson 1943
Talented British F5000 driver who tried to qualify for the 1965 British Grand Prix in a Cooper T71/73. -
Jonathan Palmer 1956
He participated in 87 Formula One grands prix, debuting on September 25, 1983. He scored a total of 14 championship points, with a career best finish of 4th. In 1987 he won the Jim Clark Cup for drivers without turbocharged engines. He also had a spell as McLaren test driver in 1990. -
Robs Lamplough 1940
Robert Robs Lamplough is an aviator, racing driver and collector. He participated in four Formula One non-Championship Grands Prix and also competed in Formula Two. He also competes in historic racing events. -
David Hobbs 1939
A likable versatile driver who could turn his hand to anything from Formula 1 to sports cars and from touring cars to Indycars. -
James Hunt 1947 - 1993
Formula 1 World Champion in 1976 and was subsequently a commentator for BBC. Also famouse for driving with Lord Hesketh's colourful F1 team. Hunt died at the young age of 45 from a heart attack.