Brighton Speed Trials
Fastest time of the day
These are the fastest car times recorded on the day for each year. Key: R = Course Record; S/C = Supercharged; T/C = Turbocharged.

Brighton Speed Trials

Section Title: Fastest time of the day
Table Section Text: These are the fastest car times recorded on the day for each year. Key: R = Course Record; S/C = Supercharged; T/C = Turbocharged.

Year	Driver	Vehicle	Time	Notes

Flying Start Kilometre

1905	Clifford Earp	Napier 90 hp	23s	19–22 July.

Standing Start 1/2 Mile

1923	J.A. Joyce	AC	14 July.

1924	Standing Start 1/4 Mile

G.N. Norris	Morgan	16.4s	25 May.

Standing Start 1/2 Mile

J.A. Joyce	AC	28s	6 Sept.

Standing Start 1/2 Mile

1932	Sir Malcolm Campbell	Sunbeam Tiger S/C	23.6s R	17 Sep, very fine. "Pathe News Clip",

1933	Whitney Straight	Maserati	24.2s	16 Sep, very wet.

1934	R. O. Shuttleworth	Bugatti Type 51 S/C	23.8s	15 Sep, fine.

1935	R. O. Shuttleworth	Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B S/C	22.68s R	14 Sep, fine.

1936	S. E. Cummings	Vauxhall-Villiers S/C	22.90s	26 Sep, wet.

1937	Geoffrey Taylor	Alta	22.84s	25 Sep, wet.

1938	Geoffrey Taylor	Alta 1960 c.c. S/C	22.45s R	2 July.

Standing Start Kilometre

1946	Raymond Mays	ERA R4D	24.47s R	7 Sep, fine.

1947	Raymond Mays	ERA R4D	24.27s R	1 Sep, fine.

1948	Raymond Mays	ERA R4D	23.86s R	4 Sep, fair, no motorcycles.

1949	Archie Butterworth	A.J.B.	24.91s	3 Sep, very fine.

1950	Raymond Mays	ERA R4D	24.40s	2 Sep, fine.

1951	Archie Butterworth	A.J.B.	26.63s	1 Sep, dry morning, wet afternoon.

1952	Ted Lloyd-Jones	Triangle Flying Saucer 21-litre	23.91s	6 Sep, fine.

1953	Ted Lloyd-Jones	Triangle Flying Saucer 21-litre	24.55s	5 Sept.

1954	Ken Wharton	ERA R4D	23.63s R	4 Sep, wet morning, dry afternoon.

1955	Ken Wharton	ERA R4D	23.99s	3 Sep, fine and dry.

1956	Ken Wharton	ERA R4D	23.34s R	1 Sept.

1957	Bill Sadler	Sadler Special-Chevrolet	25.44s	7 Sep, dry morning, wet afternoon.

1958	Jim Berry	ERA Special	25.01s	6 Sep, fine.

1959	Arthur Owen	Cooper-Climax 2-litre	23.50s	5 Sep, fine.

1960	Jim Berry	Cooper-ERA S/C	23.21s R	3 Sep, windy, wet morning, dry afternoon.

1961	Gordon Parker	HK Jaguar Special S/C	24.63s	2 Sep, fine.

1962	Chris Summers	Cooper F2-Chevrolet	21.69s R	15 Sep, sunny.

1963	Ken Wilson	BRM	23.10s	14 Sep, sunny.

1964	Dante Duce	Moonbeam-Chevrolet S/C	21.95s	12 Sept.

1965	Chris Summers	Lotus 24-Chevrolet	21.56s R	11 Sep, intermittent showers.

1966	Chris Summers	Lotus 24-Chevrolet	20.70s R	17 Sep, sunny.

1967	John Woolfe	AC Cobra 7-litre	22.51s	16 Sep, dry, calm, overcast.

1968	Patsy Burt	McLaren M3A-Oldsmobile	20.21s R	14 Sep, wet morning.

1969	No event

Standing Start 1/4 Mile

1970	Gerry Tyack	Brabham BT23	12.89s R	12 Sept.

Standing Start Kilometre

1971	Johnty Williamson	Cooper T81B F1-1-67-Chrysler V8 7.2-litre	21.05s	11 Sept.

1972	Johnty Williamson	McLaren M10B 5.0 litre	22.42s

1973	Bob Rose	McLaren-Chevrolet M14D	20.53s	8 Sept.

1974	David Purley	Trojan-Chevrolet T101	18.63s R

1975	David Purley	Chevron B30-Ford GA V6 3.4-litre	19.70s

1976	David Render	Lotus 76-DFV	18.77s

1977	Simon Riley	Brabham-DFV BT33	18.28s R	10 Sept.

1978	Dave Harris	McRae-Chevrolet GM1	17.48s R	9 Sep, joint fastest.

Terry Smith	Brabham-Repco BT36

1979	Terry Smith	March-Repco 761	18.82s	8 Sept.

Standing Start 1/2 Mile

1980	Mark Williams	Hesketh-DFV 308E	15.49s R	13 Sept.

1981	Terry Smith	March-Repco 761	15.73s	12 Sept.

1982	Ken Ayers	March-DFV 79S	15.53s	11 Sept.

1983	Ken Ayers	March-DFV 79S	16.08s	10 Sept.

1984	Ken Ayers	Lyncar-DFL MS84	15.63s	8 Sept.

1985	Ken Ayers	Lyncar-DFL MS84	15.64s	14 Sept.

1986	Roy Woodhouse	March-Rover 77/82 T/C	18.71s	13 Sept.

1987	Clive Bracey	Vebra-Chevrolet	15.29s R	12 Sept.

1988	Clive Bracey	Vebra-Chevrolet Mk II 7.6-litre	14.98s R	10 Sept.

1989	Paul Edwards	Pilbeam-DFL MP58	14.97s R	9 Sept.

1990	Ken Ayers	Pilbeam-DFL MP58	15.32s	8 Sept.

1991	John Gray	Pilbeam-DFL MP58	14.48s R	14 Sept.

1992	John Gray	SPA Judd V10	14.48s	12 Sept.

Standing Start 1/4 Mile

1993	John Gray	SPA Judd V10	8.90s R	11 Sept.

1994	Les Edmunds	BRD TS01-Rover 4.5-litre	10.53s

1995	Mike Lee	Lyncar 79B-BDG 2.0 litre	10.61s	9 Sept.

1996	David Render	Pilbeam-Hart MP43 2.8-litre	9.88s

1997	Peter le Druillenec	Miller Exocet-Chevrolet 6.3-litre	10.20s

1998	Richard George	Pilbeam MP62	10.68s

1999	Tony Bianchi	Pilbeam MP62	10.92s

2000	Shaun Saunders	Datsun 240Z-Chevrolet	10.25s

2001	Paul Marston	Chrysler PT Cruiser	10.41s	8 Sept.

2002	Paul Marston	Chrysler PT Cruiser	10.17s	14 Sept.

2003	Philip Cooke	Force PC	10.25s

2004	James Tiller	Allard J2-Chevrolet	10.20s

2005	Mike Endean	Gould Ford Puma T/C	9.45s

2006	James Tiller	Allard J2-Chevrolet	10.28s

2007	Chris Cannell	Force SR8 2600 c.c.	10.33s

2008	Mike Endean	Gould Ford Puma T/C	9.95s

2009	Mike Endean	Gould Ford Puma T/C	9.63s	12 Sep, fine.

2010	Mike Endean	Gould Ford Puma T/C	10.63	11 Sep, intermittent light rain with short heavy showers.

2011	Rodney Thorne	Pilbeam MP 43	10.59	11 Sep, dry morning, wet afternoon.

2012	Rob Stevens	Force SR4	10.12	8 Sep, event ended early due to fatal accident.

2014	Rob Stevens	Force SR4	9.87	6 Sep, sunny and dry

Sentence(s)

Duce cleaned up that day winning overall in the Moonbeam in a time of 21.95 sec.

final_sentence: Duce cleaned up that day winning overall in the Moonbeam in a time of 21.95 sec.