This car took part in the Historic Car Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners' Club's Historic Car Races meeting at Oulton Park in September 1986.
It's Christopher Mayman's 1955 Alta-engined 4-cylinder in-line 2,470cc Connaught B type, and I understand that it's chassis #B1. Chassis #B1 is the car in which Tony Brooks won the 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix (giving the car the 'Connaught Syracuse' name by which it is generally known), but the car was written-off in an accident in practice for the 1957 Syracuse Grand Prix when being driven by Les Leston. The frame was rescued and later used in this reconstruction of the car.
Here's Christopher Mayman at Lodge Corner during the race.
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