1979 Triumph TR7

I took this photograph at Brittens chicane during the AMOC Intermarque Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's David Falkingham in his 1979 Triumph TR7, which according to the programme of the event had a 4.6 litre engine. The TR7 was introduced in 1974 and had a 1,998cc 4-cylinder inline engine and this car morphed into the TR8 with a 3,528cc V8 engine. Presumably David Falkingham's car has the later Rover 4,552cc V8 engine.

AMOC Intermarque Championship

I took these photographs at Britten's chicane on the first lap of the 45 minute long AMOC Intermarque Championship race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

29 1994 Porsche 968 CS (James Guess & James Hilliard)

12 1979 Porsche 911 SC (Tim Bates)

17 1993 BMW E36 (Gavin Dunn)

12 1979 Porsche 911 SC (Tim Bates)

17 1993 BMW E36 (Gavin Dunn)

4   1993 Porsche 968 (Peter Mangion)

34 1959 Aston Martin DB4 Lightweight (Martin Melling & Jason Minshaw)

44   1987 Porsche 944 Turbo (Bob Searles & Tony Jardine)

34   1959 Aston Martin DB4 Lightweight (Martin Melling & Jason Minshaw)

44   1987 Porsche 944 Turbo (Bob Searles & Tony Jardine)

144 1994 Porsche 968 CS (Martyn Buckley & Donald Lamb)

68   1992 Porsche 968 CS (Andrew Peck)

144 1994 Porsche 968 CS (Martyn Buckley & Donald Lamb)

68   1992 Porsche 968 CS (Andrew Peck)

96   1972 Aston Martin AMV8 (Simon Watts & Roberto Giordanelli)

48   1979 Triumph TR7 V8 (David Falkingham)

96   1972 Aston Martin AMV8 (Simon Watts & Roberto Giordanelli)

48   1979 Triumph TR7 V8 (David Falkingham)

30 1995 Porsche 968 CS (David Norton & Matthew Dietz)

1977 Triumph TR7 V8

This was one of the exhibits at the Northern Classic Car Show in the G-Mex Exhibition Centre in Manchester in August 1993, and was probably on the stand of one of the five Triumph car clubs that took part.

It's a 1977 Triumph TR7 V8 in the colours of the British Leyland rally cars from that period. The Triumph TR7 was introduced in 1975 with a 4-cylinder inline engine of 1,998cc that was based on the Triumph Dolomite 1850 engine. British Leyland used this as a rally car in 1976 with a 16-valve engine from a Triumph Dolomite Sprint, and later switched to the 3,528cc Rover V8 engine that was derived from the Buick/Oldsmobile General Motors unit. The road-going version of the rally car was brought into production in 1978 as the Triumph TR8.