This car competed in two races at the VSCC's meeting at
Oulton Park in May 2019 and is pictured
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It's the 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C
Monza of Chris Mann which he drove for about 10 years in the red colour of
Italy until it was rebuilt recently and given this two-tone blue colour scheme
as a tribute to prewar French racing driver Hellé Nice. Vittorio Jano designed
the 8-cylinder supercharged engine in 1931 originally with a capacity of
2,336cc and Tazio Nuvolari's victory in the 1931 Italian Grand Prix gave it the
'Monza' name. In 1933 the engine was enlarged to 2,557cc and in 1935 to
2,905cc. As Chris Mann's car is a 1932 model it should have the 2.3 litre
engine, but the programme of this event shows the capacity as 2,750cc.
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