In the same year, she competed in a Crossley at the RAC Rally but did not win the results of this race are unclear and it is not known where she placed. Evidently, was a busy year and there are photographs of unknown races showing her rallying a Ford Model A. It is also known that she competed in trials during , notably the JCC Open. She also competed in the Brighton Speed Trials and drove a Rover in the cc sports car class.
Yet the best was before her and in she became the first and only women to win the RAC Rally at Hastings. Her win took place in a four-seater AC Ace sports car. At the Scottish Rally she drove an Aston Martin, as part of the larger cc and over class.
Hutchinson, who was known to be wealthy, owned a house once belonging to Sir Malcolm Campbell. The pair are buried together at Montecatini alto Cimetero. Kitty died in Hutchinson was born in and died in The images of Kitty and her mother, are part of our historic photo collections.
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Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content Kitty May Brunell was one of a clutch of women motorsport riders in the ss. Bike and sidecar, with Kitty Brunell, trials rider at 20 Photographs taken by her father in , show Brunell acting as a mechanic by the age of fifteen.
Archive, Institution of Mechanical Engineers Save. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Remarkably, she was only seventeen years old at the time. She had been interested in rallying for some time, and even earlier photographs show a fifteen-year-old Kitty acting as a mechanic on another car.
Her second attempt at the Monte was in She drove a Talbot again, and was fortieth this time. A change of car to a Bianchi for the Monte led to a non-finish. At around this time, she is known to have owned a Delage, but it is unclear whether or not she used it in competition. She was competing in the Large Car class, but was disqualified for having her father as a passenger.
The result is unknown. Pictures of her exist which show her rallying a Ford Model A this year, but it is unclear which event this was. In the Brighton Speed Trials, she drove a Rover, in the cc sportscar class. In , the same year as her RAC win, she used an Aston Martin on the Scottish event, again as part of the larger cc and over class.
Her name disappears from the entry lists after She is known to have married a fellow competitor, Ken Hutchinson, at about this time, which may explain her absence. She was the daughter of motorsport photographer, Bill Brunell, which explains why so many photographs of her exist, in comparison to other drivers of the time. The Talbot Owners Club magazine is published bi-monthly and contains news, updates and informative articles. It is edited by club secretary David Roxburgh.
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