1. Alf Tupper The Tough of the Track

3. Roger Bannister In this supreme moment I leapt in sheer joy. I was startled, and frightened, by the tremendous excitement that so few steps could create... No longer conscious of my movement I discovered a new unity with nature. I had found a new source of power I never dreamt existed. (Roger Bannister, TheFirst Four Minutes, London: Putnam, 1955. Quoted in John Bale, Running Cultures: Racing in Space and Time, London: Routledge, 2004, p. 11).

4. Rover and Victor: Circulation Rover 1955 (June) Lancs 37,755 Yorks 29,455 London 66,289 1960 (Dec) Lancs 19,849 Yorks 17,222 London 45,155 Victor 1961 (Feb. Launch) Lancs 68, 043 Yorks 46,731 London 158, 786 1980 (Dec) Lancs 12,230 Yorks 10,564 London 36,016