This car took part in the 2 hour long VSCC Team Relay Race for Pre-War Sports Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.
It's Ralph Robins' 1937 Bentley 4¼ Litre (shown in the programme of the event as a Bentley 4¼ Special), one of the 'Derby Bentleys' - so named because they were built at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby after Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley Company in 1931. The Bentley 4¼ Litre was developed from the 3½ Litre, which was introduced in 1933 and was the first new Bentley model produced after the Rolls-Royce takeover. The 3,669cc of the Rolls-Royce 6-cylinder inline engine in the Bentley 3½ Litre was increased to 4,257cc for the 4¼ Litre model, which was produced from 1936 to 1939.
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