KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
Bob Ansell
18/11/1917 - 13/1/2004
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Bob Ansell was from the Ansells Brewery family. Bob and Geoffrey, his cousin, were well-heeled and very enthusiastic. Their Maserati and ERA cars were prepared for them and sometimes driven by George Bainbridge. In 1948 he drove in the British Grand Prix in a Maserati 4CM. He shared the car with George Bainbridge, they finished 12th. The race was won by Luigi Villoresi in a Maserati 4CLT/48. In the same race Brian Shawe-Taylor shared an ERA with Geoff Ansell. It was the first British grand prix to be held at Silverstone, although this was not a proper title round as the official world championship would not start for another two years.
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Victor Hémery 1876 - 1950 -
Doc Shattuc 1894 - 1962 -
Roland Free 1900 - 1980 -
Nasif Estefano 1932 - 1973 -
Gary Bettenhausen 1941
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Richard John Beattie Seaman 1913 - 1939
Seaman was one of if not the greatest British pre-war Grand Prix driver. He famously drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937-1939, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix in the W125 car. He was killed while leading the the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. In the wet, he crashed into a tree on lap 22. -
Roy Salvadori 1922 - 2012
Salvadori raced for the factory teams of Cooper, Aston Martin, Vanwall, BRM and Connaught. He also drove F1 Ferrari Maserati, Cooper - Maserati and Connaught for private entrants. His best result in the FIA F1 World Championship was 4th in 1958 behind Mike Hawthorn, Moss and Brooks.
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Ken Kavanagh 1923
Very successful Norton and Moto-Guzzi motor cycle racer, who dabbled briefly in four-wheeled competition racing a Maserati 250F in 1958. -
George Bainbridge 1916 - 2002
George Bainbridge prepared and sometimes raced cars for Bob and Geoffrey Ansell of the Ansells Brewery family. -
Archie Bryde 1919 - 2008
Archie Bryde started racing in 1939. Between 1948 and 1951 he raced a Jaguar XK 120 and a 500cc F3 Cooper 500cc. In 1952 he acquired the prototype Cooper Bristol and though he drove quite well he turned the car over to Mike Hawthorn and Reg Parnell. He eventually sold the car to one Bernie Ecclestone.