Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at Druids Corner during the qualifying session for the GT Challenge race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2018.

It's a 2007 Ferrari F430 Challenge and was driven in the race by Tony Jones. The car has a 4,308cc V8 engine with twin overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder.

1914 Belsize

This was one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1966 and is pictured at the roundabout that at one time stood at the junction of the A6 and Cross Lane in Pendleton.

It's a 1914 Belsize, built by a company that began as Marshall and Company - probably Manchester's first car manufacturer, producing its first car at its factory in Clayton in 1897 which was badged as a Marshall. The company became Belsize Motors Limited in 1906 and continued producing cars until it ceased trading in 1925, having been in the hands of the receivers since 1923. A note in the programme of this event reads as follows:

30.   Mr. G.S. Fowler, Altrincham.

          1914 Belsize 2-seater 12 h.p.

This car was manufactured in Manchester and was found in a Belfast scrap yard about 15 years ago. Restored by the owner and has since been to Amsterdam, Galway, Brussels, and has just returned from the International Rally in Southern Eire.

1959 Aston Martin DB4

I took this photograph at Britten’s chicane during the Aston Martin GT4 Cup and V8 Vantage Cup race at the Aston Martin Owners Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in May 2015.

Leading is Nicholas King's in his 1959 Aston Martin DB4 closely followed by David Tinn’s 2010 Aston Martin GT4.