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Martin Brain (22 December 1932, Birmingham – 25 May 1970, Siverstone) was a British racing driver known for his exploits in British hillclimbs and club racing.

Brain was a familiar figure within the hillclimbing community both as driver and mechanic. The peak of his career was finishing as overall runner-up to Peter Lawson in the 1968 British Hillclimb Championship in a Cooper T81B F1 chassis which he had fitted with a 7.2l Chrysler V8 engine, taking one win and four second places.[1] The following year he drove this car and a Cooper T86B BRM F1 car to take 4th place in the championship with a further two wins.[2] Brain scored two race wins in club Formula Libre races, firstly at Silverstone in September 1969 and Croft in May 1970.[3]

He died in a race organised by Nottingham Sportscar Club at Silverstone when his Cooper BRM left the track during a close dice with Graham Eden's Chevron and flipped.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cooper T81B F1-1-67".
  2. ^ "Cooper T86B F1-1-68".
  3. ^ http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/gp/clumod.htm [dead link]
  4. ^ "Motorsport Memorial -".
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