Editing Brooklands (section)

===Motoring records===

====24-hour event====
On 28–29 June 1907, eleven days after the circuit opened, it played host to the world's first 24-hour motor event, with [[Selwyn Edge]] leading three specially converted [[D. Napier & Son|Napier]] cars around the circuit. A statement of intent had been made in 1906,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklands.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93:selwyn-edges-24-hour-record&catid=38:earlydays&Itemid=2 |title=The Brooklands Society, Brooklands Race Track, Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England KT13 0QN 01252 408877 |publisher=Brooklands.org.uk |date=27 June 2009 |access-date=29 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102005125/http://www.brooklands.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93:selwyn-edges-24-hour-record&catid=38:earlydays&Itemid=2 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and Selwyn Edge entered into a physical training program to prepare for the event. His car, "804" was extensively modified, having a special fuel tank, bodywork removed, and a special windscreen. Over 300 red railway lamps were used to light the track during the night. Flares were used to mark the upper boundary of the track. Edge drove his car for the full duration, with the drivers of the other two cars (Henry C. Tryon/[[A. F. Browning]] and [[F. Draper]]/Frank Newton) taking the more familiar shift approach. During the event Edge covered a distance of {{convert|1581.74|mi|km|abbr=on}} at an average speed of {{convert|65.91|mph|kph|abbr=on}}, comfortably beating the existing record of {{convert|1096.187|mi|km|abbr=on}} set at Indianapolis in 1905.<ref>Record Motor Drive At Brooklands. ''The Times'' (London, England): Issue 38373 Monday, 1 July 1907; p. 6</ref>

Women were not allowed to compete for several years. [[Dorothy Levitt]], S. F. Edge's leading driver, was refused entry despite having been the 'first English-woman to compete in a motor race' in 1903, and holding the 'Ladies World Land Speed Record'. Edge completed 2,545&nbsp;km<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1907_Brooklands_24_Hour_Motor_Event |title=1907 Brooklands 24 Hour Motor Event |publisher=Gracesguide.co.uk |access-date=29 December 2012 |archive-date=26 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226200345/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1907_Brooklands_24_Hour_Motor_Event |url-status=live }}</ref> at an average 106.06&nbsp;km/h, a record which stood for 17 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/history/motoring-history-1907-1914/ |title=Motoring History 1907-1914 |publisher=Brooklands Museum |access-date=29 December 2012 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111003546/http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?%2Fhistory%2Fmotoring-history-1907-1914%2F |url-status=live }}</ref> The first standard race meeting would be held the next week, on 6 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Brooklands |title=Brooklands |publisher=Gracesguide.co.uk |access-date=29 December 2012 |archive-date=27 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227123112/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Brooklands |url-status=live }}</ref>

====One-hour records====
[[George E. Stanley]] broke the one-hour record at Brooklands race track on a Singer motorcycle in 1912, becoming the first ever rider of a 350 cc motorcycle to cover over {{convert|60|mi|-1}} in an hour.

The world record for the first person to cover 100 miles in 1 hour was set by [[Percy E. Lambert]] at Brooklands, on 15 February 1913 when driving his 4.5 litre sidevalve [[Talbot (automobile)|Talbot]]. He actually covered 103 miles, 1470 yards (167.1&nbsp;km) in 60 minutes. A contemporary film of his exploits on that day can be viewed at the [[Brooklands Museum]].

'''Youngest person to drive a lap at Brooklands'''

[[Ivy Cummings]] is thought to be the youngest person to complete a lap when in 1913, (aged 11/12) she started her father Sydney Cummings' car whilst he was watching aircraft and drove around the course.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ivy Cummings - Graces Guide|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ivy_Cummings|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610115450/https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ivy_Cummings|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Commercial Times » The World's Largest Collection of Automotive Art|url=http://commercial.ge/ka/the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-collection-of-automotive-art/|access-date=2020-06-12|language=ka|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612142323/http://commercial.ge/ka/the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-collection-of-automotive-art/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Distance records====
In July and August 1929, [[Violette Cordery]] and her younger sister Evelyn drove her 4.5 litre four-seater [[Invicta (car)|Invicta]] for 30,000 miles in less than 30,000 minutes (approximately 20 days, 20 hours), averaging 61.57&nbsp;mph and earning her second [[Dewar Trophy]] from the [[Royal Automobile Club]].<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=101214|first1=Jean|last1=Williams|first2=Simon|last2=Williams|title=Cordery, Violette}}</ref>