Brian Naylor

A motor-dealer from Stockport and a former merchant navy radio officer who won awards for gallantry in the war, Naylor began racing in 1954 with a Cooper-MG but soon switched to a Lotus chassis, regularly clocking up victories the length and breadth of Britain. In 1957 he bought a Formula 2 Cooper, which he was to race in selected events, including Grands Prix, over the next three years.

Naylor was never content to drive standard fare, and experimented with a Maserati-engined Lotus before developing his own Cooper-based JBW-Maserati, which he ran with great success in Libre events but was outclassed in Formula 1 and Inter-Continental racing. Ill-health brought about his retirement at the end of the 1961 season.