This car formed part of a display in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.
It's a 1957 Aston Martin DBR1 and is chassis DBR1/2. The DBR1 replaced the DB3S and was designed by Ted Cutting to compete in the World Sportscar Championship and specifically the Le Mans 24 Hour Race. In 1957 DBR1/2 won the Nürburgring 1000km race driven by Tony Brooks and Noel Cunningham-Reid, and in 1958 won the RAC Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood with Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks. In 1959 Aston Martin finally managed to win the World Sportscar Championship, this car winning the Le Mans 24 Hour race driven by Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby whilst Carroll Shelby, Jack Fairman and Stirling Moss took it to victory in the RAC Tourist Trophy race. The Nürburgring 1000km race was won by DBR1/1 driven by Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman.
Roy Salvadori in DBR1/2 at Luffield Corner during a track demonstration.
On 6 March 2017 I showed a photograph of Simon Draper at this meeting in DBR1/4, the car that finished in second place in that 1959 Le Mans 24 Hour race.
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