POSTER TITLE: Vintage 1958 Brands Hatch Motorcycle Race Poster, Rare Fluorescent Red Design, British Racing, Linen
ARTIST/DESIGNER: Unknown
COUNTRY: Printed in the UK
MATERIAL: Lithograph
TYPE: Advertising Poster
BRAND/COMPANY: Brands Hatch Motorcycle Racing
DATE/PERIOD: 1958
DIMENSIONS: (75.5 x 51 cm) | (29.7 x 20 Inches)
CONDITION: A+, Excellent, Linen Backed
DESCRIPTION: Original vintage Brands Hatch Motorcycle Racing poster for the Road Race Meeting on Sunday, 4 May, 1958, organized by Rochester, Chatham & District M.C, with star entries from Derek Minter and Bill Boddice.
Derek Minter (27 April 1932 - 2 January 2015) was an English Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer. A versatile rider, he rode a variety of machinery between 1955 and 1967 at increasing levels of expertise and in varying capacities and classes. His best season was in 1958 when he finished the year in fifth place in the 500 cc World Championship. In 1960, Minter won the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland. In 1962, he won the Isle of Man 250 cc Lightweight TT.
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grass-track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organization. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt, or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honored motor-racing venue.