Close Racing

This is a photograph I took on the first lap of a scratch race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in June 2006.

The red car in the lead is David Fletcher-Jones in his 1934/35 Lagonda Rapier followed by Thomas Hardman in a 1929/27 Austin 7 B&Q Special. I'm not sure about the following car, but it may be the 1935 Lagonda Rapier of John Boyes. The next two cars are the 1936 Frazer Nash of Geraint Lewis and the 1924/27 Invicta 3/4.5 litre of Trevor Swete.

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