This car competed in the Historic Motor Racing News Gentlemen Drivers GT and Sports Endurance Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005.
It's a 1956 Aston Martin DB3S, driven in the 90 minute long race by David Bennett and Ted Rollason. It's the last of the works cars, chassis #DB3S/10, and has the usual 2,992cc straight-six Lagonda engine. After being raced by the Aston Martin Team in 1956 and 1957 it passed into the hands of John Dalton for two years, then had various owners including Tony Smith, manager of Pink Floyd and other bands.
My Dad owned this car in the 1960’s and used to leave our very ordinary house in Cheshire at 6.30 AM with me sitting on the tool box next to the drivers seat. Off to Oulton park to race in club events. Open road, open exhaust. Unforgettable memories. Track car on the road. Special times, unrepeatable today
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