Williams Trophy Race

I took this photograph at Redgate corner on the first lap of the Williams Trophy Race at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in June 2008. The race celebrates the win of Grover Williams in the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929 and the trophy that he won in that race is in the custody of the Bugatti Trust, and is given to the winner of this race to hold for one year.

Leading is the 1932 Bugatti T51 of  Charles Dean and close behind him the 1926 Bugatti T35B of Mike Preston. The light blue car in the centre of the picture is the 1928 Bugatti T35B of Brandon Smith-Hilliard with the 1927 Lea-Francis Hyper of Miss E Brewster, driven by Jeremy Brewster, coming round on the outside. The red car on the left of the picture is the 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C Monza of Graham Burrows being driven by Chris Mann, and almost alongside him is the 1931 Bugatti T51 of Stephen Shoosmith.

Lea Francis Hyper TT

I took this photograph during the Williams Trophy Race for Pre-1934 Grand Prix Cars at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

It's Bryan Gill driving John Gill's 1930 Lea Francis Hyper TT - also known as S-Type - at McLeans corner. The car has a supercharged 4-cylinder inline 1,496cc Meadows engine and it was with one of these cars that Kaye Don won the 1928 Ulster TT on the Ards circuit in Northern Ireland. There's a Lea Francis Owners' Club for enthusiasts and owners of these cars.