1955 Austin Healey 100S

This is a photograph that I took in the paddock at the British Empire Trophy meeting at Oulton Park in April 1956.

It's the 1955 Austin Healey 100S of John Dalton, a version of the Austin Healey 100 intended primarily for racing which gained the 'S' suffix after one of the cars won its class in the 1954 Sebring 12 Hour race. It has a tuned version of the Austin Healey 4-cylinder inline 2,660cc engine and only 50 examples of this car were produced, the majority of which were the same two-tone white and dark blue as John Dalton's car. The cars raced in three heats based on the engine size and there was a final in which the cars were handicapped according to the engine size. John Dalton failed to qualify from his heat and the race was won by Stirling Moss in a 1½ litre Cooper T39 Bobtail - the twisty Oulton Park circuit favouring the smaller engined cars.

1961 Lotus 18/21

I took the photograph of this car on the approach to Waterway corner at Aintree during practice for the British Grand Prix in July 1962.

It's Tony Shelly driving John Dalton's 1961 Lotus 18/21 in which he qualified in 18th place on the grid, but retired with an overheating engine after six laps of the race. Tony Shelly was a New Zealander who came to Europe in the 1962 season and was reasonably successful in non-championship events but was entered for only three of that season's Grand Prix races, and after this British Grand Prix appearance failed to qualify for the German and Italian Grands Prix.