1956 Triumph TR3

These two cars competed in the AMOC Lighthouse Anglo-American Thoroughbred Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2002.

Both are 1956 models, number 34 being the car of Charles Gillett and number 37 that of Justin Maeers. The Triumph TR3 was a successor to the TR2, both using a tuned version of the 4-cylinder inline 1991cc Standard Vanguard engine but that in the TR3 was a slightly more powerful unit. These two cars, though, have the 2,138cc engine that only became available with later versions of the TR3 in 1959.

Vintage Seaman Race 2008

I took this photograph at Redgate corner during the Vintage Seaman Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in June 2008.

The car leading here is the 1929 Frazer Nash Super Sports of Charles Gillett and on the right is the 1926 GN Parker of Justin Maeers. That car is obscuring the one behind, but following them is the 1930 AC/GN Special of Robert Carr and bringing up the rear on the left is the blue 1926/18 Franziss Special of Roger Sweet.

Theophile Schneider

This car competed in the race for VSCC Edwardian Racing Cars at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007.

Described in the programme of the event as a 1913 Theophile Schneider Aero Special with an engine capacity of 9934cc, the entrant was N Hilyard and the car was to be driven by Charles Gillett. I've previously shown photographs of a Theophile Schneider on 27 November 2013.

Triumph TR2 and TR3

Here are two cars which took part in the AMOC Lighthouse Anglo-American Thoroughbred Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club race meeting at Oulton Park in May 2002.

This is a 1955 Triumph TR2 and was driven in the race by Roy Chamberlain. Produced by the Standard Motor Company the TR2 used a tuned version of the 1991cc Standard Vanguard engine and I remember when the car was introduced in 1953 it had such a striking appearance compared with the mainly pre-war sports cars which were around at that time.

Also in the race, and driven by Charles Gillett, was this successor to the TR2, the Triumph TR3. It had a slightly more powerful engine and the only noticable difference to the bodywork was the external grille to the radiator air intake. The grille on later TR3s was made the full width of the body and these cars are usually referred to as TR3As, although the name wasn't used officially and they were not badged as such.