Thomas Edward Brodie Sopwith (15 November 1932 – 4 May 2019) was a British businessman and car racing driver. Thomas Sopwith was the son of English aviation...
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(1803–1879), grandfather of the aviator Tommy Sopwith (racing driver) (1932–2019), son of the aviator Thomas Karl Sopwith (1873–1945), Anglican clergyman This...
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Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Sopwith was born in...
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Jack Sears (category English racing drivers)
with Tommy Sopwith, it was initially suggested the champion would be decided by the toss of a coin. The idea was very unpopular with both drivers and at...
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Grand Prix - Formula 2 1956 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". "Tommy Sopwith (GB) - Complete Archive - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Vintage...
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Daily Express, and two of his editorial executives, Jocelyn Stevens and Tommy Sopwith, decided to create an event which their newspaper could sponsor, and...
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Stirling Moss (category British Racing Partnership Formula One drivers)
house on the south bank of the River Thames. His father was an amateur racing driver, who had come 16th in the 1924 Indianapolis 500, and his mother had...
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the year was held on 5 October back at Brands Hatch. Jack Sears and Tommy Sopwith ended the final race on the same number of championship points. With...
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Mike Parkes (category English racing drivers)
Parkes drove a Lotus Elite for Sir Gawaine Baillie before moving to Tommy Sopwith's Equipe Endeavour in 1961, where he drove in sportscars and Formula...
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Jaguar Mark 1 (section Racing)
touring car, and saloon car races, notable drivers including Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn, Tommy Sopwith, and Roy Salvadori. In Australia, David McKay...
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Daily Express and two of his editorial executives, Jocelyn Stevens and Tommy Sopwith, decided to create an event which their newspaper could sponsor, and...
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the British Touring Car Championship since its establishment in 1958. Drivers who competed in the 2022 British Touring Car Championship season are highlighted...
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This is a list of racing drivers who have competed in the British Touring Car Championship, sorted alphabetically by surname. Drivers who participated...
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Ferrari 250 GTO (section Racing)
were also raced by independent racing teams and private drivers. During this time it was therefore common for 250 GTO drivers to compete against other 250...
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Siddeley's interests were purchased for £2 million by aviation pioneer Tommy Sopwith, owner of Hawker Aircraft, to form – along with the Gloster Aircraft...
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in the sitcom Fawlty Towers. 27 January – Aviation pioneer Sir Thomas Sopwith dies aged 101 at his home in Hampshire. 5 February – At 6pm, the world's...
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List of sports rivalries (section Drivers and riders)
and the minor teams of the Reds and Whites, each of which were chariot racing clubs competing at the Hippodrome in Constantinople. The rivalry took on...
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of the day in 27.0 secs "winning the 2-litre class from Fane's B.M.W." Racing resumed in 1947 when: "Salvadori's monoposto Alfa-Romeo won its class in...
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Australian historian and author (d. 2017) August 11 Johnny Claes, English racing driver (d. 1956) William Coors, American executive (d. 2018) August 12 – Ralph...
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Sutcliffe, 94, English actress (Coronation Street) 4 May – Tommy Sopwith, 86, racing driver and businessman. 6 May Jack Cohen, 85, scientist and author...
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the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-08. "The Tommy Wi-Show - Driver: San Francisco - YouTube". YouTube. 2011-10-29. Archived from the...
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42, Australian DJ, severed artery from broken glass. Tommy Sopwith, 86, British racing driver. Tyrone Thompson, 51, American politician, member of the...
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engineering. 3 May – Sir Peter Herbert, 90, admiral. 4 May – Tommy Sopwith, 86, racing driver and businessman. 6 May Jack Cohen, 85, scientist and author...
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HMS Ben-my-Chree tried to intercept a German airship in the North Sea using a Sopwith seaplane. However, the launching platform collapsed as the plane tried...
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