This was one of the competitors in the BRDC '60s GT Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.
2 VEV is one of four special lightweight versions of the Aston Martin DB4 Zagato and is one of two such cars produced for John Ogier's Essex Racing team for the 1961 season. It had the straight-6 twin overhead cam 3,670cc engine and is chassis DB4GT/183/R, and its first race, together with the other Essex Racing Team car was the 1961 Le Mans 24 Hour Race where it was driven by Australians Lex Davison and Bib Stilwell. Both cars retired early in the race suffering from overheating because the cylinder heads had not been correctly tightened after engine rebuilds. It was subsequently driven to fourth place (stablemate 1 VEV finishing in third place) in the 1961 RAC Tourist Trophy Race at Goodwood by Jim Clark. The car was driven at this Silverstone meeting by Nick Cussons and the programme of the event says that its engine capacity was 3,761cc.
This is a photograph I took 31 years previously at the 1961 British Grand Prix meeting where the car had its second outing for the Essex Racing Team in the supporting GT race. It was driven by Lex Davison, who won the race ahead of the Jaguar E-Type of Jack Sears.
No comments:
Post a Comment