Goldie
Gardner on Bonneville in 1952
John Targett in Akron Ohio has spotted this cine footage on
a US website which although silent is wonderful viewing. More
Posted: 17.8.10 |
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Wonderful
silent 8mm footage of Goldie Gardner’s Bonneville
runs in MG EX-135 in 1952, including shots of the
damage after it broke loose and hit the 4 mile marker
sign on the salt. Check out his crew firing the
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up
right on Wendover Boulevard in the afternoon traffic
and the MG T Type’s doing spins on the salt.
Great images of Wendover in the early 1950s too.
A.T. Goldie Gardner was the great British racer
that set over 100 international and local speed
records throughout England, Europe and the USA between
1936 and 1950. By 1951 he was no spring chicken
(walking with a cane), but with his supercharged
MG streamlined EX-135 car he obtained 6 international
and 10 American records in the 1,100cc to 1,500cc
engine class.
In 1952 he returned to Bonneville with the EX-135
and set 21 speed records in the same engine class
as the previous year. Sadly, later that year he
suffered a brain hemorrhage and was forced to retire
from motor sports racing, passing away a few years
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