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GIANTS DESPAIR & BRYNFAN TYDDYN ROAD RACES  More photos from 1959 and other years including the Brynfan Tyddyn road races held from 1952 - 1956 on Senator T. Newell Woods estate For some history on Brynfan Tyddyn try http://www.harveyslake.org/text/story_brynfan.htm photo credits: Dave Nicholas, Dave Zych, John E Kelley, Spankey Smith Carroll Shelby photo pending approval by Pete VanLaw

Brynfan Tyddyn Course

A closer look at Devil's Elbow; a tight right hand bend about 1/3 way up	The start line crowd in 1957	Duncan Blacks fierce 375MM Ferrari battled Buchers Allard in 1957	Perhaps the first competition for #029 is at Giants in 1957 as #59	A TC on its way up the newly oiled pavement in 1957
The #140 is the giveaway this is Bob Holbert - look at his helmet !		Carroll Shelby in a 4.5 liter F1 Ferrari is first to break the one minute mark at Giants Despair in 1956 in 0.58:76	Bucher gets ready to break the 1 minute mark in 1956.  Shelby beat him to it. Jake did it in 0.59:86
TR2's on the front row of Brynfan Tyddyn in 1955	The starter brings the field to the line	Team Dupont's Formula III cars.  Great period photo	Lex Dupont in his Cooper had the fastest time in 1955	Crowds were huge at Giants and Brynfan with estimates over 50,000