Editing Brooklands (section)

====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>