Biography
Bill Aston, born in Hopton in 1900, was a test pilot and motorcycle racer before his time in the World Championship. He then turned to car racing with a Cooper-JAP in Formula Three and later moved up to Formula Two. In 1951 he set a 500 cc world speed record at Montlhéry in a streamlined Cooper powered by a JAP V-twin engine.
In 1952 he built the Aston Butterworth together with Archie Butterworth and entered it as his own team in the World Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules that year. At the British Grand Prix he qualified 30th and last, but was unable to start the race. In Germany he did start, though he retired on the second lap. In Italy he failed to qualify. That made three entries and one start. Aston continued racing into his 60s, in a Mini and a Jaguar. He died in 1974.
Source: Wikipedia, “Bill Aston”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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