Events at Brooklands Museum Ace Cafe Ton-Up Day Sunday, June 23, 2013 Brooklands will come alive with the sights, sounds and smells of some exceptional motorcycles as we welcome the Ace Cafe as they celebrate 75 years. Giving this event a unique flavour, Brooklands Museum are assembling some of the most significant pre-War and post-War racing machines and the Ace is inviting the attendance of owners of cafe racers and bikes that evoke the spirit of the “Ton-Up Boys” (and girls!) and of the Rockers of the 1950s and ‘60s. Motorcycle enthusiasts, no matter what they ride or from what era, all are welcome to come and enjoy the spectacle. The timetable for the day is as follows: 0800 Gates open for traders and exhibitors 0930 Gates open for visitors 1000 Museum displays and aircraft open 1000 Test Hill briefing – Education Centre 1100-12.00 Test Hill followed by static engine runs in the Paddock 1230-1400 LUNCH – no engines 1330 Test Hill briefing - Education Centre 1400-1500 Test Hill 1600 Static engine runs In the Race Paddock 1620 Café Racer Award -Napier balcony 1700 Event and Museum closes Bikes appearing at the show include Sammy Miller’s 1939 V-4 Supercharged AJS (a Brooklands bike and the first bike to lap a GP circuit at 100mph) and 1948 V-twin Moto Guzzi. The 2008 Triumph that won the British Supersport Championship will be present along with rider Glen Richards and Norton will be represented by a 1947 ‘works’ bike and the 1960 ‘Manx’ on which Derek Minter became the first rider to lap the Isle of Man TT course at over 100mph on a single-cylindar machine. Among the pre-War racing bikes on show and in action on Test Hill will be the 1930 ‘worlds-fastest’ Brough Superior ridden by owner Peter Lancaster and Derek Fox’s 1936 ‘works’ Norton. James Bridge-Butler will run his ex-Brooklands Vincent HRD and Micheal Botting will ride his ex-‘works’ 1925 AJS which also has a Brooklands pedigree. A special guest will be Johnny Giles, reunited with his Triumph trials twin for the day. He may possibly be the first ‘factory’ rider to run up Test Hill on a trials bike since the International Six Days Trial of 1926. There will be free screenings of 1960s motorcycle films such as “The Leather Boys”, 2013 being the 50th anniversary of its release and a special attraction will be film bikes from Terminator 3, Mission Impossible 3 and The Fonz. There will be stands from the Royal Signals ‘White Helmets’, Christian Motorcycle Association SERV Surrey & S. London and Surrey Police. One-make club stands include Surrey & Sussex Section VMCC, Sussex BSA OC and Surrey Triumph OC. We look forward to welcoming a team from the London Rollin’Rockers who will skate around the event, collecting for charity. Special Ace Brooklands merchandise which, together with a bar and music, will all add to this very special occasion. 1938 was a special year in so many ways for motorcyclists: at Brooklands, the world’s first purpose built motor racing track and home of the now legendary “Gold Star” (awarded for achieving sustained speeds of at least 100mph, the ton!), all-time speed records were set and, on London’s North Circular Road, a now iconic cafe opened its doors for the first time. 75 years later, Brooklands Museum and Ace Cafe London are coming together for this event to organise a special “Ton-Up Day” of action and entertainment at Brooklands, a collaboration and celebration of motorcycles and the pursuit of speed. On 12th March of that year, Eric Fernihough riding a 996cc supercharged Brough-Superior attained the fastest-ever straight line speed recorded on the Brooklands track when he touched 158mph during a flying kilometre run. And on the 8th October, Ivan Wicksteed set the all-time Brooklands Outer-Circuit lap record for a 500cc motorcycle when he rode a supercharged Triumph Speed Twin at 118.02 mph. From the moment that it opened in 1938, the Ace was open 24 hours a day – it soon became popular with motorcyclists! In the 1950s and ‘60s the Ace attracted a new young generation of riders who, with their sports machines and much cherished cafe racers which, with their love of speed, soon gave rise to them becoming known as the “Ton Up Boys” and subsequently, with the advent of rock n’ roll, as the Rockers! Since fully reopening the original premises in 2001, Ace Cafe London has firmly established itself as a pre-eminent destination for all who have a passion for the sights, sound and smells of the thrills that are to be found with speed. The event at Brooklands runs from 10:00am to 5:00pm (Gates open at 8:00am for exhibitors and traders). The Brooklands Burn Up Ride-Out to the event departs 9.30am Sunday 23rd June from the Ace. Prices at Brooklands are: Adults, £10; Motorcycle Rider and Pillion £15; Seniors and students, £9; Children aged 5 -16, £5.50; Families, (2 adults & 3 children), £27.
