Rainy Day at Oulton Park

I took this photograph of two Aston Martins in the paddock at Oulton Park on a very wet day at the Aston Martin Owners Club's Autumn Historic Car Races meeting in September 1992.

On the right is Simon Draper's straight six 2,992cc 1954 Aston Martin DB3S, chassis #DB3S/7. Originally built with a coupe body but was rebuilt with an open body after an accident in the 1954 Le Mans 24 Hour race. The car on the left is a straight six 3,670cc 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, the first one built, and it's chassis #200R. On 23 January 2016 I showed a photograph of this car that I'd taken at Silverstone in 2010.

Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato

This is a car in the paddock at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010 waiting to go out on a practice session.

It's a 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato which was driven by Julien and Matthew Draper at this meeting in the one hour long race for the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars. It's the first DB4 GT Zagato built, chassis number 0200, and took part in the 1962 Le Mans 24 Hour race in the hands of Mike Salmon and Ian Baillie, but unfortunately failed to finish the race.