Earliest Bentley In Existence Returns To Isle Man To Celebrate Centenary Of Team Victory | Carscoops carscoops
ended up winning the race, Clement’s Bentley came second, followed closely by the others, and that was enough for the team win. It also proved the cars’ mettle and, at the hands of John Duff, aAnd it was that early success that Bentley celebrated last weekend when the EXP2 and 77 otherand period competitors returned to the Isle of Man to pay homage to the famous Tourist Trophy.
Taken together, the period racers are estimated to have been worth £40 million and some owners came from as far afield as Switzerland, America,to take part in the event. At 2:00 p.m., the cars gathered in the pit lane with the 1922 TT winning Sunbeam for a parade lap of the track and all 78 cars finished the lap successfully, no small feat or 100-year-old cars.ever built, the EXP2, as the name suggests, is the second vehicle the company made after its founding in 1919.
Since there was no better way to test cars at the time than racing, EXP2 was quickly entered into racing and continued competing until 1923, when it was sold. Bentley eventually got hold of the car and, 25 years ago, completed a thorough restoration, returning it to original spec. The prize of thePHOTO GALLERY
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