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[dgs]

Has anyone a list of  ERA competitors at June 20th 1964 'Richard Seaman Memorial Trophy' race held at Oulton Park?

 

Any details on competitor numbers, grid or results would be of help 

[68targa]

[d j fox]

According to Autosport (June 26, 1964) Patrick Lindsay did not start “Remus” (piston ring trouble) in this race. Peter Waller was second behind Wilks’s Cooper. 3^rd was Dudley Gahagan.

 

Bill Body’s report in the August Motor Sport is, not surprisingly, a little more comprehensive.

 

Waller was in R7B, Syd Day in R6B but retired on lap 3. Kergon drove Morris’s “Hanuman” and Brewer was in R4A (described as “new”).

 

The Honorable Patrick was loaned Waller’s R7B and stormed through to finish 2^nd in the “Allcomers” 5 lap scratch race behind Wilks, with Alan Cottam 3rd. (no clue as to which/who's ERA this was)

 

 

To complete the ERA Oulton story, Cottam won the 5-lap handicap race for “Vintage, PVT and historic racing cars” ..

 

PS Autosport comments on the Lindsay loan " that this was a privilege hitherto extended only to Stirling Moss, we understand"  
Of course, Stirling drove the ERA G Type in 1952, but did he really ever drive an earlier model? 

[dgs]

Interesting that Motor Sport report (Bill Boddy) that Peter Waller was driving R7B, as 'ERA' by David Weguelin shows that Dudley Gahagan was driving the car at 1964 Richard Seaman race in that chassis.

Peter Waller usually raced R9B, and  Dudley Gahagan usually racing R7B

[Geoff E]

According to Autosport (June 26, 1964)

 

... Brewer was in R4A (described as “new”).

 

 

 

A local newspaper on the eve of the race said-

 

"... a newcomer to the ranks of ERA drivers, FP Brewer.

His A-type is making its first appearance in vintage

sports car racing, having recently been imported from

South Africa."