LEC again out from the chilly: Aurora Trophy battle
Historic racer Peter Williams is now racing one of many two LEC grand prix vehicles constructed for David Purley in 1977.
Chassis quantity two is owned by Ron Maydon from Masters Historic Racing and relies in North America. Williams’ automotive is a recreation of chassis one, the automotive destroyed in Purley’s main accident at Silverstone in qualifying for the 1977 British GP. “It was rebuilt with some elements of the unique automotive,” stated Williams, who has raced it a number of instances since buying it two years in the past.
It was again for a shakedown in the course of the Aurora Trophy races at Manufacturers Hatch over the weekend, the place Williams loved a battle with Neil Glover’s Formulation 5000 Chevron B37 (above), after being broken in an accident at Zandvoort final month.
Later this 12 months the automotive will likely be shipped to America for the F1 assist race on the Circuit of the Americas. There it can be a part of Maydon’s automotive in order that each LECs are on the grid collectively.
Manufacturers in reverse: 500cc F3s
Drivers from the 500cc F3 sequence recreate {old} Manufacturers Hatch races of the Nineteen Fifties by working in reverse
Photograph by: Gary Hawkins
Formulation 3 vehicles of the 500cc motorcycle-engined period tackled Manufacturers Hatch’s quick circuit in an anti-clockwise path for the primary time in 70 years on Saturday throughout a particular demonstration session below a Motorsport UK allow inside the Historic Sports activities Automotive Membership’s Superprix.
The Half-Litre Automotive Membership, promoter of the class in Britain, paid £12,000 to floor the unique kidney-shaped circuit for the 1950 season. Races for the vehicles had been run that approach for 4 seasons, the change to clockwise coming when the Druids loop was added in 1954.
Survivors from Friday’s 500 Homeowners’ Affiliation double-header races – received by George Shackleton (Cooper-Norton Mk10) from reigning champion Alex Wilson (Martin-JAP) – had been joined by quite a few others for the particular anniversary celebration within the lunchbreak.
This included 1974 Brabham F1 driver Richard Robarts (Cooper-JAP Mk11) and Historic F5000 Lola T400 racer Edwin Jowsey with the Jack Moor-built Wasp.
Energy lower stops play: Donington Park MSVR
MSVR was capable of full the complete Donington Park timetable regardless of energy lower delay
Photograph by: Mick Walker
MotorSport Imaginative and prescient Racing needed to rapidly reorganise final Sunday’s races at Donington Park after a neighborhood energy lower threatened to severely delay the timetable.
Lighting boards across the circuit, in addition to officers’ dwell CCTV photos and timing screens, had been all down whereas the issue was mounted.
Regardless of the assembly beginning roughly two hours late, races for Historic and Duratec Sports activities 2000s, Clubmans Sports activities Prototypes and EnduroKa had been run to their full length.
Werrell’s double obligation: Commentary and EnduroKa
Werrell was amongst a bumper EnduroKa grid at Donington Park
Photograph by: Mick Walker
Mark Werrell divided his time offering dwell YouTube and Fb commentary for the Mini 7 Racing Membership motion at Zandvoort within the Netherlands in addition to taking part in Sunday’s five-hour EnduroKa race at Donington Park.
“I tethered my telephone to my laptop computer to offer me some sign due to the ability lower, which allowed me to get the V-mix hyperlink required for the commentary to go from Donington again to the surface broadcast unit at Zandvoort,” Werrell defined.
With commentary duties performed, Werrell was capable of be a part of the EnduroKa race, ending eleventh in a automotive shared with Tom Valentine and Andy Burton.
Pic of the week:
Brian Morris escaped severe damage on this dramatic FF1600 crash at Manufacturers Hatch
Photograph by: Jeff Bloxham