Hawthorn Memorial & Spanish Trophies Race 2015

The Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015 included the Hawthorn Memorial & Spanish Trophies Race for Pre-1961 Racing Cars and here are some of the cars which took part in that race.

This is the start of the race, viewed from near to Lodge Corner, the last corner on the circuit. The green seating you can see on the left of the photograph is the grandstand at Old Hall Corner - the first corner on the circuit.

The remaining photographs were taken at Lodge Corner, and this is the 4.2 litre 1957 Kurtis Indy-Roadster, entered by Stuart Harper and driven by Frederick Harper, that I featured on 1 December 2014.

This is the 2 litre supercharged 1935 ERA R4A of Nicholas Topliss, and on 3 May 2015 I showed a photograph of this car at Oulton Park in 1987 when it was owned by Sir John Venables-Llewelyn.

Another ERA, this time the 1½ litre supercharged 1936 ERA R10B of Paddins Dowling, which I've not featured before, and the ERA Club records its previous ownership as follows:

R10B     

P N Whitehead      1936       to            1952

R D P Wilkinson   1952       to            1957

J A Williamson      1957       to            1976

J E Finn                 1976       to            1980

N B Mason            1980       to            2005

P P Dowling           2005       to            date

Not shown in the programme of the event, but it's the 1,098cc 1959 Formula Junior Gemini Mk2 of Graham Barron.

This is the 1½ litre supercharged 1935 MG Bellevue Special of Thomas Hardman. On 8 October 2015 I showed a photograph of this car (and other MGs) in the paddock at this meeting. Bonhams recorded its history when the car was put up for auction in 2014.

Robert Longdon's 1960 1,098cc Formula Junior Lola Mk2

William Grimshaw's 1,086cc 1959 Formula Junior Moorland Mk2, which I featured with other Formula Junior cars on 26 March 2017.

The 747cc 1932 Austin 7 Special of Christian Pedersen. When I've seen this car previously it was painted green, but now only the bonnet cover remains green.

Matt Ricketts in father Duncan's 1957 Cooper T41. The T41 was Cooper's first step in Formula 2 racing which only two years later led to Jack Brabham winning the World Championship in the 2½ litre Formula 1 Cooper Climax T51. The programme of the event says that Duncan Ricketts' car has an engine capacity of 1,220cc which seems strange as is doesn't fit any racing Formula that I'm familiar with.

MGs at Oulton Park (2)

On 20th September 2015 I showed a selection of photographs of some of the MGs competing at the VSCC's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies race meeting on 18th July 2015. Here are photographs of some of the competing MGs in the paddock at that meeting.

Thomas Hardman's 1935 MG Bellevue Special

J Foster's 1939 MG TB

H H McNinch's 1935 MG PA

Mark Dolton's 1935 MG PB

Andrew Morland's 1933 MG L1

Charles Jones' 1933 MG L Magna

Duncan Potter's 1931 MG Montlhery Midget

Harry Painter's 1934 MG PA

MGs at Oulton Park

Oulton Park hosted the VSCC's  Hawthorn Memorial Trophies race meeting on 18th July 2015 with the usual mixture of vintage sports cars, and here are photographs of some of the selection of MGs that took part in the races.

Race 4 was Part 1 of the Bill Phillips Trophy Race for Standard & Modified Pre-War Sports Cars, and I watched this race at Druids Corner.

Fred Boothby in his 1933 MG J2 being passed by Nicolas Rossi's 1930 Alfa Romeo 8C 1750 GS

Mark Dolton in his 1935 MG PB being passed by David Lamb's 1929 Riley Brooklands

Miss Anne Boursot in H H McNinch's 1935 MG PA

Fred Boothby again in his 1933 MG J2

Andrew Morland in his 1933 MG L1

Mrs Sarah Foster in J Foster's 1939 MG TB

Race 9 was the Hawthorn Memorial & Spanish Trophies Race for Pre-1961 Racing Cars, and I watched this race from Lodge Corner.

Thomas Hardman in the 1935 MG Bellevue Special

Race 3, a Short Handicap Race for Pre-War Cars was red-flagged after an accident at Druids Corner and re-run after race 9, and again I was at Lodge Corner.

Harry Painter's 1934 MG PA

Mike Painter's 1935 MG Kayne Special