Editing British Racing Drivers' Club (section)

==World War II and aftermath==
Members who died or were killed during the Second World War included:<ref>''Motor Sport'', December 1945, Page 247.</ref> [[Cecil Kimber]] (a vice-president), The [[Earl of Cottenham]], A.V. Ebblewhite,<ref>''Motor Sport'', January 1940, Page 14: Obituary.</ref> Hugh P. McConnell,<ref>''Motor Sport'', March 1943, Page 58: Obituary.</ref> T.E. Rose Richards,<ref>''Motor Sport'', November 1940, Page 214: Obituary.</ref> J.P. Wakefield,<ref name="Motor Sport 1942, Page 125">''Motor Sport'', June 1942, Page 125: Obituary.</ref> E.K. Rayson,<ref>''Motor Sport'', December 1939, Page 315: Obituary.</ref> G.L. Baker,<ref>''Motor Sport'', September 1942, Page 193: "It is sad to learn that G. L. Baker, who competed very frequently at Brooklands in outer circuit events with a sports [[Minerva (automobile)|Minerva]], and also a [[Graham-Paige|Graham Paige]], passed away recently." For a photograph of the Minerva see: Michael Sedgwick, ''Early Cars, Pleasures and Treasures'', Page 93, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Reprinted 1967. Geoffrey L. Baker also competed at the [[Lewes Speed Trials]]. See: Jeremy Wood, ''Speed on the Downs: Lewes Speed Trials 1924–39'', Pages 27–31, 36, 43; JWFA Books, 2005, {{ISBN|0-9522766-1-5}}.</ref> John Carr, Percy Maclure,<ref>''Motor Sport'', February 1945, Page 35: Obituary.</ref> A.F.P. Fane,<ref>''Motor Sport'', September 1942, Pages 189–190: Obituary. See also: [[Great Auclum National Speed Hill Climb]].</ref> B.P.W. Twist,<ref>''Motor Sport'', January 1942, Page 16: Obituary.</ref> [[Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth|R.O. Shuttleworth]], C.S. Staniland,<ref>''Motor Sport'', August 1942, Page 166–177: Obituary. See also: [[List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1940–1944)]].</ref> N.G. Wilson,<ref name="Motor Sport 1942, Page 125"/> H.E. Symons,<ref>''Motor Sport'', July 1940, Page iii: Obituary.</ref> [[Robert Peverell Hichens|R.P. Hichens]], J.A. Driskell,<ref>''Motor Sport'', September 1937, Page 382: "J.A. Driskell, who started his motoring career very early in New Zealand, and who, apart from his better known activities with Ford V8, "Dynacharged" Ford Eight, [[Bollack Netter and Co|B.N.C.]] and Rally cars, won one of the first races ever in New Zealand, built a Driskell-Special for trials work in this country and drove a [[Doriot, Flandrin & Parant|D.F.P.]] in the 1923 "200."</ref> and [[Lionel Martin]].

After the war the club opened a "Le Mans Fund," for the benefit of the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]], raising a grand total of £358 and 11 shillings, to assist with the rehabilitation of the facilities at the Le Mans circuit. "It will be remembered that these installations were almost completely destroyed during the war, mainly by Allied bombing."<ref>''Motor Sport'', June 1946, Page 121; See also: ''Motor Sport'', July 1946, Page 147; ''Motor Sport'', September 1946, Page 201.</ref>