1939 Delage D6-75 TT Replica & 1916 Sunbeam Indianapolis

I photographed these two cars in the paddock at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007.

On the left is the 1939 Delage D6-75 TT Replica of Robert Heelis that was driven in two races by Toby Heelis, the 2 hour long White House Memorial Pre-War Team Relay race and the VSCC Historic Seaman Trophy race. The Delage D6-75 was the last of the D6 models to be be produced before the war and has a 6-cylinder inline 2,998cc engine. The car on the right is the 1916 Sunbeam Indianapolis of Julian Majzub which was driven in the VSCC Edwardian Racing Cars race by Robin Tuluie. It is one of the two cars built by Sunbeam to contest the 1916 Indianapolis 500 race although only one car actually took part in the race which, for the only time in its history, was reduced to 300 miles. The cars had a twin-cam 24 valve 6-cylinder inline 4,914cc engine and the single entry was driven in the race by Belgian driver Josef Christiaens with Frank Bill as riding mechanic, finishing in fourth place in a race won by Dario Resta.