Capt Duff in Spain

John Murch · Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 5:58 am Post subject: Capt Duff in Spain

The following link was passed to me by Stuart Ulph, I thought the photos quite splendid.
Click on the text, then click the thumbnail.
https://archivo.racvn.net/taxonomy/term/311

Christopher Carnley · Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 2:39 pm Post subject:

Interesting,

They are Bertie Kensington Moir and Dr Benjafield, in No 10.

John Murch · Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 8:07 pm Post subject:

Are you sure? I thought Capt Duff was supposed to be the driver of no. 10. The race report makes no mention of either gentlemen that you mention. Or was one of them the “riding mechanic”?

Christopher Carnley · Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 9:03 am Post subject:

John Murch · Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 3:45 pm Post subject:

The photos and race that I was referring to is from 1923 and was the Gran Premio de Turismos at San Sebastian, which took place after the 1923 Le Mans. Driver was Duff.

The photo you have posted is of the 1925 Le Mans entry, coincidentally no. 10 as well, driven as you say by Muir and Benjafield. It is a different car.

Stephen Blakey · Posted: Fri May 31, 2024 3:43 pm Post subject:

Lovely photos.
There is a brief account of this race on page 8 of the 3L Profile Publication which you can read here;
https://www.vintagebentleys.org/articles/0024/page-8.htm
Sadly captain Duff was hit by a stone causing him to crash.
His encounters with objects we don't currently associate with motorsport continued in the September '23 Georges Boillot Cup at Boulogne, where he collided with a cow during practice. The fate of the cow appears not to have been recorded.