1962 Jaguar E-Type

This was one of the cars that took part in the 45 minutes long Innes Ireland Cup race at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2017.

It's the 1962 Jaguar E-Type of Simon Ham

It has the 6-cylinder inline 3,781cc Jaguar XK engine

2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N430

This car was in the Manchester United car park at Old Trafford in January 2022.

It's a 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage N430 and has the 4,735cc AM14 V8 engine.

Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at the Coys International Historic Festival meting at Silverstone in July 1997

It didn't take part in any of the races at the meeting, but it's the Fantuzzi-bodied 1959 Ferrari 246 S Dino Prototype, chassis #0784, of Steve O'Rourke with a 2,417cc V6 engine. The car originally had a body resembling the 3 litre V12 engined Ferrari 250 TR, but at the end of the 1960 season when the car was sold to Luigi Chinetti he had the body replaced with this one.

ACU/FRSA British F2 Sidecar Championship Race

I took these photographs at the NG Road Racing meeting at Oulton Park in April 2017 showing some of the competitors in the ACU/FRSA British F2 Sidecar Championship Race making their way to the marshalling area prior to the Qualifying Sprint Race.

55 Giles & Jenny Stainton, LCR Suzuki GSXR 600

42 John & Jake Lowther, LCR 600 Suzuki

161 Paul Downes & David Hainsworth, MRE Suzuki

24 Andy Wilby & Paul Lowther, Shelbourne Honda 600

16 Gary & Daryl Gibson, Shelbourne Honda 600

167 Wesley Pettman & David Porter, Windle Yamaha 600

84 Maria Costello & Helen Deeley, LCR Kawasaki

2 Lee Crawford & Patrick Farrance, LCR 600 Suzuki

41 Paul Riley & Shaun Parker, MRE Suzuki

Auto Union Typ 650 Sokol

This was one of several vehicles - including a 1937 Auto Union C-Type and 1938 D-Type - that Audi brought to Donington Park to take part in a display and track demonstrations at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting in May 2001.

It's a car that was at one time in the Donington Park museum where it was displayed as an Auto Union E-Type that was designed in 1939 to challenge the Mercedes Benz W165 1½ litre voiurette that had won the 1939 Tripoli Grand Prix, but the completion of which had been halted by the outbreak of the Second World War. Tom Wheatcroft was said to have acquired it as a chassis with engine, and a body was designed and built to show how the car would probably have looked had it been completed in 1940. It has a 1,481cc V12 engine.

The Auto Union factory ended up in East Germany after the war and all the racing cars and equipment were removed to Russia. There are suggestions that this car is of post-war East German or Russian manufacture, possibly with the help of pre-war Auto Union design technology, but Audi seemed to be sure enough of its Auto Union origins to have included it in this display at Donington Park in 2001, though I can't find any mention of it in the commemorative 'The Return of Auto Union' brochure or the programme of the event.

1936 ERA AJM1

This vehicle is at Druids Corner competing in race number 2 at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies race meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015 which had the grand title of 'Premier Cru Racing for Pre-1941 Standard and Modified Racing Cars - 20 Mins. Incorporating the Bruce Spollon Memorial, Ten Tenths Vintage Restorations Pre-War Continental Trophies'.

It's the 1936 ERA AJM1 which has the 6-cylinder inline 1,488cc engine. The ERA website says about this car: 'Anthony J. Merrick prepared and raced R1A until its then owner sold the car.  Being without a car the resourceful Merrick shuffled his stock of genuine ERA parts and came up with AJM1. The 1980s brand new 1930s car is said to be an 80% original ERA B-type car using a 1.5 litre engine and light green early works colour scheme.' It has since been painted red and was driven at this meeting by Ben Fidler.

1955 Lancia D50

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 celebrated 50 years of Formula One, the World Drivers' Championship having started in 1950, and the first race of that Championship was run at Silverstone on 13th May of that year. At the July 2000 meeting at Silverstone there was a representative display of cars covering that 50 year period, and the car below was one of those taking part.

It's a re-creation of the Lancia D50 that competed in the Championship in 1954 and 1955. This car was owned by Robin Lodge, and was entered in the Maserati UK Race for Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars.