Formula Ford racing at Oulton Park

I took this photograph at Britten’s chicane during the Historic Formula Ford race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2017.

Alex Meek is leading in his 1971 Merlyn Mk29A followed by the 1970 Titan Mk6 of Andrew Wiggins. The next car is the 1967 Lotus 51B of Cliff Gray with Matt Dunne bringing up the rear in his 1971 Elden Mk10.

Lotus 51B

This was one of the entrants in the HSCC Historic Formula Ford race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1992.

It's Paul Stringer's 1968 Lotus 51B designed to run in the Formula Ford class of racing. Formula Ford was a first step onto the motor racing ladder, using a mildly tuned 1600cc Ford Cortina GT engine and ordinary road tyres that would prove less expensive than the existing Formula Junior and Formula 3 classes. About 218 of the cars were produced and this one is chassis #51B/FF/139.