This car took part in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1973.
It's the 1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza of W.D.A.Black, originally built with a Vittorio Jano designed supercharged 2,336cc straight-8 engine which was increased to 2,557cc for the 1933 8C 2600 model. The programme of the event says that the engine capacity of this car is 2,665cc. The car was named the 'Monza' following its win in the 1931 Italian Grand Prix at Monza driven by Tazio Nuvolari and Giuseppi Campari - co-drivers being necessary as the race was scheduled to last for 10 hours. In those days Grand Prix cars also often took part in sports car racing with the addition of mudguards and lighting equipment, and the Alfa Romeo Monza can lay claim to being one of the most successful racing cars ever with four wins in the Le Mans 24 Hour race and three each at the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio, in addition to the 1931 Italian Grand Prix.
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