Stock car racing around 1960

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Stock car racing around 1960 by John Goldsmith as part of the Geograph project.

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Stock car racing around 1960

Image: © John Goldsmith Taken: Unknown

Some very British stock cars at Foxhall Heath oval about 1960. UK stock cars always went round the track the same way as their US cousins, despite the driver being on the other side. The more recent UK Hot Rods however go clockwise. The original photograph is a colour slide.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.05483
Longitude
1.223798