1961 Cooper T53

This was one of the competitors in the HGPCA Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2002.

It's a 1961 Cooper T53 with a 1½ litre engine and was driven in the race by Ted Rollason. The T53 was a 'lowline' version of the Cooper T51 and this car, chassis F1-1-61, was driven for the Yeoman Credit Racing Team in 1961 by John Surtees. At the end of that season it was taken to South Africa for Tony Maggs to compete in the South African Springbok series after which it was sold to a Rhodesian driver, a Mr Kilner and was fitted with an Alfa Romeo engine in place of its Coventry Climax unit. It was raced in South Africa and Rhodesia until 1967 when it was involved in an accident at Kyalami when being driven by another Rhodesian driver, John Coetzer, and was totally wrecked. The remains were some years later acquired by John Harper who fabricated a new frame and rebuilt the car. Ted Rollason bought the car in 2001 and competed with it that year and the following year, eventually selling the car in 2014 to German driver Wulf Goetze who continued to race the car after an intensive overhaul.

Cooper T53

This car competed in the HGPCA Pre-66 Grand Prix Cars Race at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005.

It's the 1961 Cooper T53 of Ted Rollason and according to the programme of the event had a 2,700cc engine. It is apparently chassis F1-1-61, a car that was originally campaigned by the Yeoman Credit Racing team in the 1961 season, driven by John Surtees and Roy Salvadori. After taking part in the 1961-62 South African Springbok series the car was sold to a driver from Rhodesia, given an Alfa Romeo engine and was seen sporadically in Rhodesia and South Africa until 1967 when it was destroyed in a crash at Kyalami while being driven by Rhodesian driver John Coetzer. The remains of the car were acquired by Ivan Glasby and eventually sold to John Harper in the UK who rebuilt the car with a new frame, completing the task in 1999. Ted Rollason took over the car in 2001, competing with it for several years before selling it to German Wulf Goetze in 2014.

I've featured the Cooper T53 three times previously, most recently on 30 January 2019.

Aston Martin DB3S

This car competed in the Historic Motor Racing News Gentlemen Drivers GT and Sports Endurance Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2005.

It's a 1956 Aston Martin DB3S, driven in the 90 minute long race by David Bennett and Ted Rollason. It's the last of the works cars, chassis #DB3S/10, and has the usual 2,992cc straight-six Lagonda engine. After being raced by the Aston Martin Team in 1956 and 1957 it passed into the hands of John Dalton for two years, then had various owners including Tony Smith, manager of Pink Floyd and other bands.

Aston Martin DB3S

Here's a scene in the pit lane during practice for the 2¼ hour long Gentleman Drivers GT and Sports Endurance Race at the HGPCA's Donington International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

It's the 1956 Aston Martin DB3S shared in the race by David Bennett & Ted Rollason, and behind it are the 1964 MGB of Brian & Mark Lambert and the 1958 Elva MK IV of Simon Peach & Shaun Bromley. The DB3S is chassis DB3S/10 and I showed a photograph of it on 19 December 2012 at a race in 1993 at Oulton Park, when it was owned by Tony Smith, and on 21 January 2015 I showed a photograph of the Elva at this meeting. DB3S/10 wasn't one of the Aston Martin team which I pictured on 9 February 2015 at the Daily Herald International Trophy meeting at Oulton Park in 1956.