TheFlyingCaterham wrote:(since the Leinster Trophy has only ever held at Wicklow to my knowledge, this should count as a point towards the circuit part of this, or become its own catagory named Event)
Actually the Leinster Trophy has been held at a number of different venues. It's still held to this day and hence has gained quite an air of prestige (here, at least), especially as its winners include Mike Hawthorn, Ayrton Senna and Mika Hakkinen. The venues are or were:
Skerries (1934), before being moved as the circuit (which was traditionally and is still to this day used for bikes) was considered too narrow for cars.
Tallaght (1935-39 & 1948), before increasing urban development led to the circuit becoming a logistical nightmare.
Wicklow (1950-57), before rising costs surrounding parking areas (leased from local farmers, of course) necessitated another change of venue.
Dunboyne (1958-66), before road racing was deemed too dangerous to continue after several fatalities.
Bishopscourt (1967), a stop-gap solution following the end of racing in Dunboyne that rendered the name of the event a misnomer (Bishopscourt is in Ulster, not Leinster).
Mondello Park (1968-present), where it will probably remain for as long as cars race on this island.
And yes, I did think about reverse searching the image after originally sourcing it from my Photobucket account, the link to which alone would have given the answer away! So I re-uploaded it to Flickr instead. Something for others to consider for the future!
So, before we completely leave the tracks, the year was indeed 1954, the circuit was indeed Wicklow (I was afraid by not explicitly denying the Leinster Trophy answer I would have given that away...) and with 2 each
TheFlyingCaterham and
dr-baker are now subject to the first tiebreak question, which will be related to the picture.
Here is a map of the Wicklow Circuit.
On what part of the circuit was this photograph taken?Now, not every part of the circuit is named and I don't expect anyone to know the actual names of unrepresented sections like the Grand Hotel, the Glebe or either of the two bridges (though they're here now as extra options for guessing!), so I will accept a ballpark answer. Also, the map is North-oriented, so you can say Northwest to mean top-left for example. Whoever's closest wins.
