Lewes Speed Trials

The first meeting took place on 27 July 1924, on "a private road near Lewes", location unidentified.

The event was organised by the Brighton & Hove Motor Cycle and Light Car Club, on a quarter-mile course.

"Speed trials were held on the Race Hill at Lewes three or four times a year from 1925 to 1939, at the instance of the Brighton & Hove MC, the Kent & Sussex LCC, the Bugatti Owners' Club and the Vintage Sports Car Club,..."[2] In 1933 The Autocar reported: "The course bends slightly to the left, is one-third of a mile long, narrow, none too smooth, and slightly uphill.

[5] The Autocar reported from the meeting on 12 June 1937: "The first appearance in competition of the new four-wheel independent-suspension Atalanta was at Lewes.

[7] On 15 July 1939, Sydney Allard took a class win in a time of 22.12 secs.