489 Riley 12/4 Cotton Special (1937) by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Riley 12/4 Cotton Special (1937) Engine 1496cc S4 Competition Number 280 Michael James Competition Class Class 14 Pre-1941 Racing Car 1101 to 1500 cc RILEY ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/721576238150994... The Cotton Special is an out and out race car. If anyone can fill some details it would be appreciated. But my guess is it was campaigned by band leader and radio celebrity Billy Cotton at Brooklands pre-war. As well as his regular appearances on the BBC with his band, and his trademark shout of Wakey-Wakey, Cotton was also an amateur footballer for Brentford (and later, for the then Athenian league club Wimbledon) an accomplished racing driver and the owner of a Gipsy Moth, which he piloted himself. He was a frequent competitor at Brooklands and a member of the infamous 100 mph club. Post war he finished fourth in the 1949 British Grand Prix, sharing an English Racing Automobiles car with David Hampshire Diolch am 96,779,292 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 96,779,292 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-489