1965 Sunbeam Tiger

This was one of the competitors in the AMOC  '50s Sports Car race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's the 1965 Sunbeam Tiger of William Smallridge, pictured here in the pit garage before the start of the day's racing.

The Sunbeam Tiger is a high-performance version of the British Rootes Group's Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed with the help of American car designer and racing driver Carroll Shelby and originally with a 260 cu in (4.3 litre) Ford V8 engine. The series II car was fitted with the larger Ford 289 cu in (4.7 L) engine, but the programme of the events says that this car has a 5 litre engine.

 

The car is seen here at Druids Corner during the morning qualifying session.....

.....and here at Knickerbrook during the afternoon's race.