Harold John Aldington

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Harold John Aldington (born September 5, 1902 in Walworth , London , † April 1, 1976 in Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire ) was a British racing driver and co-owner of the sports car manufacturer Frazer Nash . He took part in numerous events, including the Le Mans 24-hour race and the 1932 German Grand Prix .

Frazer Nash

Frazer Nash was taken over in Isleworth by brothers HJ and WH Adlington in 1926 and renamed the company AFN Ltd. around. H. J. Aldington and his brother built very popular, but also quite spartan vehicles for sports car races. The two-seater sports car consisted almost entirely of a chassis and engine in an unmistakably British style. From 1934 AFN was the BMW general importer for the entire British Empire.

The vehicles were driven in numerous races by well-known racing drivers such as Stirling Moss .

Racing

Aldington was successful in many races with both the self-built and the BMWs he built, as well as the Frazer Nash BMW 319/1 and the BMW 328 .

He finished third in the 1949 Le Mans 24-hour race . He was registered at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1951 , but not at the start. He was successful at the 1935 Keselbergrennen with the BMW 319/1 . He also took part in the 1932 German Grand Prix .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1937 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frazer Nash BMW 328 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alfred Fane failure Constant velocity joint
1949 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mrs. P. Trevelyan Frazer Nash High Speed ​​Le Mans Replica United KingdomUnited Kingdom Norman Culpan Rank 3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home - Frazer Nash Archives. Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
  2. ^ Frazer Nash & the BMW Connection | BMW Historic Motor Club. Retrieved April 30, 2018 (American English).
  3. ↑ Denis Jenkinson: From Chain Drive to Turbocharger: The AFN Story . 1984, ISBN 978-0-85059-631-1 , pp. 320 .
personal data
SURNAME Aldington, Harold John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing driver and owner of a racing team
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Walworth , London
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1976
Place of death Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire