Personal photos from historic festivals

Originally posted by Duc-Man
I totally agree with you. The sad thing is that there are still helmets made that have the 50s to 70s look but you can barely see somebody use them. Same goes for racing overalls.
Maybe the should put an authenitc look into the rules...?

Originally posted by Paul Taylor
Something looks very wrong with that photo...A bit like when Stirling Moss test drove a 1983 (?) Brabham and wore his trademark white crash 'at from the 50s and 60s...but the other way round.

Originally posted by Paul Taylor
Something looks very wrong with that photo...A bit like when Stirling Moss test drove a 1983 (?) Brabham and wore his trademark white crash 'at from the 50s and 60s...but the other way round.

Originally posted by Stephen W


If I was rich enough to own three or four Historic racers, which I'm not, I would at least make the effort to dress accordingly whilst driving each one! Obviously with drivers like Jackie Oliver who flit from car to car it is totally acceptable that they retain their distinctive helmet designs.

as somebody who races a 60's open sports racer for fun I can assure you wild horses would not persuade me to wear period kit or indeed race without a roll bar. I have 2 x 40 litre fuel tanks either side of me and a radiator and hosing by my legs....

I am sure if they had our kit in period they would have worn it as well!

Edited by Alan Cox, 17 May 2009 - 14:52.

Edited by Simon Arron, 16 May 2009 - 23:36.

And a few more snaps from today's Oulton Park VSCC meeting...


Graham Paddick negotiates Cascades in his McDowell dirt-track racer.

Edited by Simon Arron, 17 May 2009 - 10:12.

Sam Stretton put in a storming performance with the Alta to take honours in the Bill Phillips' Trophy, after starting from the back of the grid.

Hubert Fabri's glorious DB3S

Edited by David McKinney, 17 May 2009 - 13:54.

I wasn't suggesting that people raced wearing 1950s or 1960s overalls and helmets but modern equivalents. Demon Tweeks catalogue has various replica sets of overalls all of which meet current standards plus there are several open-faced helmets that likewise meet Snell or BSI standards.

As for Roll-bars I never suggested that these should not be fitted.

From the 2005 Monterey Historics, a car, driver, and passenger of some significance.
Sir Stirling Moss drives a few demonstration laps with Jay Leno in the 1955 Mercedes 300SLR with which Moss and Denis Jenkinson won the 1955 Mille Miglia. These were to be the last US track laps this car would see before being placed in the new Mercedes museum in Stuttgart.

Lovely shot, Bob. The vivid blue skies and and brilliant light of the Monterey Peninsula show historic cars off to the best effect.

Superb photo. I thought for a second that Jay was helping out with the steering.

Having finished watching replays of today's Formula 3000-standard WTCC chaos in Pau, here are a few more Oulton snapshots.

Absolutely Fabri - the Hubert collection.


Aston Martin DB3S.


Aston Martin DBR4.

Which DBR4 is that?

Hi Gregor

I think it is DBR4/4, but I'm probably better on Crosslé 25Fs than I am on 1950s grand prix Astons... Sorry.

I'm sure there are many on here - Lord McKinney of The Antipodes, for instance - who will be able to provide a comprehensive and accurate response.

Hi Gregor

I think it is DBR4/4, but I'm probably better on Crosslé 25Fs than I am on 1950s grand prix Astons... Sorry.

I'm sure there are many on here - Lord McKinney of The Antipodes, for instance - who will be able to provide a comprehensive and accurate response.

Edited by Alan Cox, 20 May 2009 - 22:33.

Having finished watching replays of today's Formula 3000-standard WTCC chaos in Pau, here are a few more Oulton snapshots.

Absolutely Fabri - the Hubert collection.


Aston Martin DB3S.


Aston Martin DBR4.


Bugatti Type 59. Science is powerless to explain why the DBR4 demands a full-face helmet while the other two don't.

Elementary, my dear Watson!
Rain was menacing for the single seaters race and as I wear spectacles, need a full face in such circumstances to alleviate them getting foggy!... But now, a harder one for you: why didn't I wear a balaclava when I drove the 59?
Hubert F.


A difficult call on chassis set-up for Robert Beebee, whose Frazer Nash TT replica clearly had massive understeer at Lodge...


...while simultaneously being plagued by massive oversteer at, er, Lodge.


If Richard Ashmead had run this wide in 1974, he'd have been flirting with the sleepers...


Simon Edwards struts away from his broken Rejo.


Knobbly styles - Crispin Harris perfects the art of balancing a 3.8-litre drift.


Nick Hayward-Cook, an Austin 7 monoposto and the ever-glorious Little Budworth landscape.

Edited by haston, 21 May 2009 - 10:02.

Which DBR4 is that Simon? I see one is currently for sale with H&H and I think it's the one Dad raced.
Funnily enough Dad raced Hubert's DB3s at Silvertone in June 1994 (of course won in it!!) - Hubert must have had it for a long time now but a slightly different livery back then.

A few happy snaps from Monaco 2002


Likewise, Takuma Sato found a seat in Classic Team Lotus's Lotus 49. It ended in tears before practice was over......

Edited by alansart, 21 May 2009 - 14:43.

A 49 ruined by all those modern stickers. Hopefully Sato knocked a few off

The Tyrrell's are much better.

Edited by Alan Cox, 21 May 2009 - 16:18.

And, indeed, the 72. The Tyrrell drivers take take the detail down to using Cevert and Stewart look-alike helmets.
I hadn't noticed before that the "Gold Leaf" script had been partly obscured to leave "Old Lea". I presume the Bridgestone sticker was to humour Sato's sponsors, even though the car was running Avons.

Edited by Kingsleyrob, 21 May 2009 - 21:40.