1960 Lotus 20 & 1970 Brabham BT30

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

On the left is the David Grunberg's 1960 Lotus 20 which is a car built by Lotus for Formula Junior racing and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,098cc Ford Cosworth engine. The car on the right is the Formula 2 1970 Brabham BT30 of Lincoln Small which has a 1,600cc BMW engine. It is chassis BT30/16 and was originally purchased by Tom Wheatcroft for Derek Bell to drive in the 1970 European Formula 2 Championship, finishing the season in second place to Clay Reggazoni.

1969 Brabham BT30

This car competed in the HSCC Seldon Pre '71 Single Seater Championship race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987 and is seen here at Lodge Corner during the race.

It's the 1969 Brabham BT30 of Andrew Fellowes, chassis BT30/8,  with what the programme of the event says was a 1,598cc engine. The BT30 was built as a Formula 2 car when the capacity limit was set at 1,600cc and was usually powered by a 4-cylinder inline 1,599cc Ford Cosworth engine. It was originally bought by the Irish Racing Cars team of Mick Mooney where it was driven by Tommy Reid.

HSCC Classic Racing Cars

I took these photographs at Britten's chicane at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005 during a race billed as 'Classic Battles of the 1960s' and entitled the 'HSCC Classic Racing Cars for the Retro Track and Air Trophy' race. It was for single seat racing cars from various Formulas of the 1960s, although a few of the cars were from the early 1970s.

This is the 1965 F2 Brabham BT16 of Matthew Watts leading the 1969 F2 Brabham BT30 of Ian Gray.

John Bladon in his 1964 F2 Merlyn Mk9 is leading the 1972 FF Lola T200 of David Wild and the 1967 Formula Libre Brabham BT21A of Roger Bevan. I can't identify the fourth car.

Leading here is the 1970 F3 Brabham BT28 of Richard Unwin with the 1965 Formula Libre Brabham BT14 of Rodger Newman close behind. The third car is the 1963 FJ Cooper T59 of Tony Bailey followed by two cars that I can't identify.

This is the 1966 F2 Cooper T82 BRM of Paul Busby followed by a car I can't identify, then the 1970 FF Nike Mk 6 of William l'Anson and the 1966 F2 Brabham BT18 of David Crowther.

Three Brabhams

I took this photograph at Foulstons chicane on the first lap of the HSCC Classic Racing Cars race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004.

Leading is Steve Worrad in his 1970 Brabham BT30 followed by the 1965 Brabham BT16 of Matthew Watts and the 1970 BT28 of Edwin Jowsey. The Brabham BT30 was designed to compete in Formula 2 races when the engine was limited to 1,600cc, and Steve Worrad's car is chassis #BT30/25, originally raced by Rolf Stommelen. The BT16 was built for the earlier Formula 2 series when the capacity limit was 1,000cc, though the programme of this event shows Matthew Watts' car to have a capacity of 1,594cc. The Brabham BT28 was designed for Formula 3 racing when it had a 1,000cc limit, but the programme shows the engine of Edwin Jowsey's car to be 1,600cc. This car is possibly chassis #BT28/04. This website lists all the different types of Brabham racing cars. The programme has this to say about the race:

'Another over-flowing grid of 1960s single-seaters will line up for round seven of the HSCC Classic Racing Cars Championship. Cars from Formula 3, Formula 2, Formula Junior and even Formula Ford are all in the field, which should be headed by the 1600cc F2 Brabhams of Edwin Jowsey and Steven Worrad. 

Young Jowsey has had his share of bad luck this season in the BT28, but if that is behind him he will be very tough to beat. Worrad, meanwhile, has a BT30 and will surely take the fight to Jowsey along with championship points leader Matthew Watts (BT16), Jim Gathercole (BT30) and John Moulds (BT23).'

Brabham BT30

This car competed in the HSCC Seldon Pre '71 Single Seater Championship race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1986.

It's the 1969 Brabham BT30 of Andrew Fellowes, chassis BT30/8,  with what the programme of the event says was a 1,598cc engine. The BT30 was built as a Formula 2 car when the capacity limit was set at 1,600cc and was usually powered by a 4-cylinder inline 1,599cc Ford Cosworth engine.

On 21 November 2015 I showed a photograph of BT30 /15 at Silverstone in 2004.

Brabham BT30

This car took part in the HSCC Derek Bell Trophy Race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting of June 2004.

It's the 1969 Formula 2 Brabham BT30 of David Brown, chassis number BT30/15, and you can read some of the history of the car in this article by oldracingcars.com.