Friday's Ferrari

This is a group of cars I photographed in the paddock at Silverstone in July 1995 at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting preparing to join the circuit for the morning practice session for the Louis Vuitton '50s Sports Car Race.

The car at the front is the 1956 Ferrari 860 Monza of Jean Sage, #0604M, and it is the car that won the 1956 Sebring 24 Hour race driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Eugenio Castellotti. The Ferrari 860 Monza had a Lampredi designed 4-cylinder inline 3,432cc engine and, in conjunction with the 290MM, was victorious in the 1956 World Sportscar Championship, winning three of the five races on the calendar, the 12 hours of Sebring, the Mille Miglia, and the Swedish Grand Prix. Three 860 Monzas were built and two of them were at this Coys meeting.

Formula Junior Racing

This is a photograph that I took at Redgate Corner during the Front-engined Formula Junior Racing Cars race at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

Brian Mitcham in his 1960 Mallock U2 Mk2 is leading the 1959 Elva 100 of Mark Woodhouse which is being driven by his son, Jack Woodhouse.

1995 Porsche 968 Turbo RS

This was one of the competitors in the Aston Martin GT Challenge race at the Aston Marin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's a 1995 Porsche 968 Turbo RS which has a 4-cylinder inline 3 litre engine and is a restyled version of the Porsche 944. It was driven in the 50 minute long race by Simon Watts and Roberto Giordanelli.

1908 Minerva N

This was one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1980.

It's a 1908 Minerva N, and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

25   Kevin Bann, Fence, nr. Burnley, Lancs

       1908 Minerva 'N' two-seater 4-cylinder, 20/25h.p.

Part of the Peter Black collection, this powerful 4-cylinder car, made in Belgium, was a market competitor of Rolls-Royce for a period. This particular car started life with a commercial body and the present body was fitted by the Peter Black collection craftsmen.

1934 Maserati 4CS

This car competed in the Pre-War Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's the 1934 Maserati 4CS of Norbert Schmitz-Koep and he shared the driving in the race with Ludwig Willisch. The Maserati 4CS was produced from 1931 to 1936 with a supercharged 1,088c engine, and from 1932 to 1936 with a lengthened chassis and a supercharged 1,498cc engine. Norbert Schmitz-Koep's car is chassis #1123 and was one of the five cars built with the smaller engine. Six cars were built with the larger engine, but in the 1980s or 90s #1123 was given one of the 1,498cc engines.

NG Road Racing, Oulton Park 2017

I took this photograph at Brittens chicane during the Phoenix Open race.

86 Jon McNally, Ducati Panigale 899

80 Barry Furber, Kawasaki  ZX10

22 Dave Mackay, Ducati 899

115 Kayla Barrington, Triumph Daytona 675

1907 Lion Peugeot Type VA

This was one of the cars that took part in a vintage car run from Stockport to Matlock in July 1985 organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport.

It's the 1907 Lion-Peugeot Type VA of local businessman Clive Williams, here in the  car with his family. About 1,000 of these cars were produced between 1906 and 1908 and it has a single cylinder 785cc engine.