This is a photograph that I took at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1975.
If memory serves me right the photograph was taken on the inside of the circuit near to Knickerbrook where there was an access road to the circuit. The car is Derrick Edwards' 4-cylinder inline 1,495cc 1935 Aston Martin Ulster which he raced in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race that day. I know that one of the people in the car is A C (Bert) Bertelli who was Technical Director of Aston Martin from 1926 to 1937 and who designed the Ulster and other Aston Martins during that time. According to the programme of the event Italy's Count Giovanni Lurani (known as 'Johnny'), who was a prolific racing driver in the pre-war years, was due to be at Oulton Park that day and the programme says:
'....we are hoping he may do a demonstration lap in the actual 1½ litre Ulster Aston Martin which, 40 years ago, he drove to a class win and third place overall with his co-driver Gildo Strazza in the Targa Abruzzo 24 hour race over the historic Pescara circuit. This car is the well known one raced in VSCC events today by Derrick Edwards and Judy Hogg.'
I don't recall if Johnny Lurani was driving it that day - the only note I've made is that A C Bertelli was in the car.
The other person in the car is my Father, Derrick Edwards.
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DeleteThe man in the flat hat is not A.C.Bertelli. It is Count 'Johnny' Lurani. The car no.102 is CMC 614 (B5-549-U), the Aston Martin regularly raced by Derrick and Judy. The Aston Martin Heritage Trust has a full set of photos taken at the meeting by Roger Stowers. Corroboration of Lurani's identity may also be found in the AMOC publication, AM magazine, of Summer 1975. A photo of Lurani and Edwards in the car, taken from a different angle by David Holland, appears on page 144.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that information - it just shows how my memory has let me down after so many years.
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