Originally Posted by
Doris Mousdale
Could that be Stirling Moss?I went to Queen Mary School and we could hear the practice runs around Aintree if we were out on the playing fields, we got to see Mike Hailwood on his motorbike and Stirling Moss raced at Aintree.
Apparently the last F1 Grand Prix was 1962, but racing was still going on in 1964/65.
I used to be a flag marshall on club practice evening, and one of the bennies was getting to drive your own car around the track to get to your assigned corner - just like a racing driver... The corners were very deceptive and tightened up in a hidden way as you got half way around them. Doris might have been hearing these evening practice sessions during the week.
I'm not sure when or why racing stopped, but wasn't there talk in the mid-60's of whats-her-name wanting to sell the land and develop it?
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I did see my hero Jim Clark race in Aintree, but in reality Oulton Park was a far better track for the spectators, the slopes allowed much better views than the flat expanse of Aintree.
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