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[Paul Taylor]

I'm looking for car #32 in the sports car race (over 3000cc I believe?), any help would be appreciated!

[Tim Murray]

The WSRP site shows it as John Higham in a Lotus 11 entered by Ecurie White Rose in the up to 1500 cc class:

http://www.wsrp.cz/intgb1957.html#8

[Eric Dunsdon]

The WSRP site shows it as John Higham in a Lotus 11 entered by Ecurie White Rose in the up to 1500 cc class:

http://www.wsrp.cz/intgb1957.html#8

Thats what it says in my programme too.

[Paul Taylor]

Thats what it says in my programme too.

 

Does your programme have a #32 listed for the big sportscar race (over 2700cc)?

[cooper997]

The 'Sports Car Race (over 1500cc)' was broken into 2 classes - 1500 to 2700cc, with numbers 51 to 58. Over 2700cc cars carried 61 to 82. This coming from the programme too.

 

In the International DE Trophy Race - heat 2 there is a 32 originally listed as 'Colin Chapman Lotus/Team Lotus 1475 GB''. My programme has Colin scratched out and if I'm reading the handwriting correct, 'H (Henry)Taylor' to replace him. In the final again ACBC is crossed out and '(Cliff) Allison' is written in. Could this be what you seek? Otherwise you move into the Touring Car race with Eric Fenning in a Wolseley 1500

 

Stephen

[Eric Dunsdon]

Does your programme have a #32 listed for the big sportscar race (over 2700cc)?

Numbering for the over 1500cc sports car race started at 51. (52  was Austen Nurse-Cooper Bristol).

[Paul Taylor]

Thanks for checking guys! We've been trying to identify whom this is and it was suggested as being from the over 2700cc class in the 1957 Daily Express Trophy, but that must be a red herring:

 

http://www.alamy.com...=1&t=0&edoptin=

[Eric Dunsdon]

Thanks for checking guys! We've been trying to identify whom this is and it was suggested as being from the over 2700cc class in the 1957 Daily Express Trophy, but that must be a red herring:

 

http://www.alamy.com...=1&t=0&edoptin=

Thats the Lister-Jaguar of Austen Nurse after his  Woodcote Corner prang during the 1956 British Grand Prix meeting.

[D-Type]

WSRP has Austen Nurse in a Lister-Bristol, not a Lister-Jaguar.  http://www.wsrp.cz/intgb1956.html#14

 

But it also says the chassis was BHL5.  This muddies the waters as after Austen Nurse wrote his Bristol-powered car off in the 1956 Silverstone accident the BHL5 chassis number was apparently also used for the first Jaguar-powered Lister.  This car was raced by Bruce Halford then sold to Border Reivers and raced by Jim Clark, and Jimmy Blumer.  Some years later it vanished in Italy when its Italian owner was murdered.  The story is in the latest (2005) edition of Doug Nye's Powered by Jaguar.

Edited by D-Type, 27 September 2015 - 10:51.

[Eric Dunsdon]

WSRP has Austen Nurse in a Lister-Bristol, not a Lister-Jaguar.  http://www.wsrp.cz/intgb1956.html#14

 

But it also says the chassis was BHL5.  This muddies the waters as after Austen Nurse wrote his Bristol-powered car off in the 1956 Silverstone accident the BHL5 chassis number was apparently also used for the first Jaguar-powered Lister.  This car was raced by Bruce halford then sold to Border Reivers and raced by Jim Clark, and Jimmy Blumer.  Some years later it vanished in Italy when its Italian owner was murdered.  The story is in the latest (2005) edition of Doug Nye's Powered by Jaguar.

Thats what comes  of relying on my fading memories of that day before consulting other web sites!. I hope that it helped answer the original question though.

[Paul Taylor]

Thanks guys, original question solved