Claim: In the Boreham Circuit, the drivers who raced were Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, and Ken Wharton, who won the Freiburg event outright in the E.R.A; then in 1955, the Ford Motor Company bought the airfield to use as a test facility for trucks, as well as the base for their Competitions Department where they prepared their cars.
Evidence: Among the drivers who raced there were Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, and Ken Wharton. In 1955 the Ford Motor Company bought the airfield to use as a test facility for trucks, as well as the base for their Competitions Department where they prepared their cars. Wharton won the Freiburg event outright in the E.R.A.