This car took part in the 2 hour long British Empire Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001 driven by Mike Wilds and Gary Pearson.
It's a 1986 Ecosse C286 that competed in the C2 Class of Group C series racing in 1986 and 1987. The C286 was campaigned by the Ecurie Ecosse team and originally had a 3 litre Austin-Rover V6 engine. In the 1986 season the car gained C2 Class wins at the Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Fuji but at Le Mans was disqualified in the early hours of the Sunday morning for receiving outside assistance after an accident following a burst tyre. For 1987 the Austin-Rover engine was replaced by a 3,298cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFL engine and the car won the C2 Class at Silverstone and Brands Hatch. At Le Mans in 1987 the Ecosse driven by David Leslie, Ray Mallock and Marc Duez finished in eighth place overall and was second in the C2 Class to a Spice SE86C.
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