Vogele and Green win Historic Tourist Trophy as curtain closes on 2010 Silverstone Classic

​A superb day of racing from huge grids of historic racing cars made the second day of racing at the 2010 Silverstone Classic today (Sunday 25 July) yet another wonderful spectacle.

With Grand Prix cars spanning six decades, sensational sports and GT cars from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and mighty pre ’66 V8 touring cars, Sunday’s race programme wrapped up a truly memorable weekend of racing on the Silverstone Historic Grand Prix circuit.

Victory in the inaugural Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars went to the beautiful Ferrari 330GTO of Carlo Vogele and Willie Green, as a £70 million grid formed for this prestigious race. For historic racing ace Green it was a first victory since a serious accident in September 2008. They benefited from a slick pit-stop, which pushed them ahead of the Aston Martin DB4GT of former Tourist Trophy winners Richard Attwood and Stuart Graham.

Local ace Gary Pearson overcame brake problems to complete a double victory in the HGPCA Pre ’61 Grand Prix Car races, but the Roade-based racer had to press hard in his BRM P25 to see off the challenge of Tony Smith in the Ferrari 246 Dino, the last front-engined car to win a Grand Prix back in 1960. “It’s just a fabulous car to drive,” said Pearson.

Steve Tandy came through to score a famous victory in the Denny Hulme Trophy for World Sportscar Masters in his Lola T70Mk3B as a magnificent 42-car field thrilled the crowds. Behind the second-placed Lola of Jon Minshaw and Martin Stretton came the Osella PA1 of Grant Tromans and Michael Caine, which had previously scored a commanding victory in the Italian Historic Car Cup race on Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, Towcester-based Jon Milicevic completed a Formula Junior double in the closest finish of the weekend. Milicevic beat current Formula 3 racer Callum McLeod (Northampton) by just three-hundredths of a second!

Grand Prix Cars of the 1970s competed for the Sir Jackie Stewart Trophy for Grand Prix Masters and in a thrilling contest it was Bill Coombs (Tyrrell 009) who just pipped race one winner Steve Hartley (Arrows A4). “I’m absolutely over the moon to win at this event,” said Coombs, who has now won four of the six Grand Prix car races he has started and was awarded the BRM ‘driver of the weekend’ award.

John Chisholm completed a perfect weekend with another Pre ’66 Grand Prix car victory in his Lotus 18, while Ewen McIntyre won the Sir Stirling Moss Trophy race in his Lotus 15 after the Lister Knobbly of his brother Jamie faltered in the closing stages.

Finally, ending the weekend in superb style was the second ‘Big-Engined Saloon Car’ race, with over 40 monstrous pre ’66 saloon cars sliding around in spectacular fashion. Leo Voyazides won in his Ford Falcon from John Young’s Ford Mustang as the final curtain came down on a magnificent weekend of classic motor sport.

Results from Sunday

Trofeo Abarth 500 GB:

1 Stefan Hodgetts; 2 Ben Winrow; 3 Charlie Butler-Henderson

Jim Clark Trophy for Historic Formula Juniors:

1 Jon Milicevic (Cooper T59); 2 Callum McLeod (Caravelle Mk2); 3 Michael Hibberd (Lotus 27)

Betty Haig Trophy for HSCC Road Sports:

1 James Paterson (Morgan Plus 8); 2 Paul Anderson (Porsche 928); 3 Justin Murphy (Ginetta G4)

Denny Hulme Trophy for World Sportscar Masters:

1 Steve Tandy (Lola T70 Mk3B); 2 Jon Minshaw/Martin Stretton (Lola T70 Mk3B); 3 Grant Tromans/Michael Caine (Osella PA1)

Giuseppe Farina Trophy for HGPCA Pre ’61 Grand Prix Cars:

1 Gary Pearson (BRM P25); 2 Philip Walker (Lotus 16); 3 Tony Smith (Ferrari 246 Dino)

Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy for Historic Cars:

1 Carlo Vogele/Willie Green (Ferrari 330GTO); 2 Stuart Graham/Richard Attwood (Aston Martin DB4); 3 Marc Devis/Jarrah Venables (Ferrari 250GT)

Sir Jackie Stewart Trophy for Grand Prix Masters (pre ’85):

1 Bill Coombs (Tyrrell 009); 2 Steve Hartley (Arrows A4); 3 John Wilson (Tyrrell 011)

Sir Stirling Moss Trophy for 50s Sports Cars:

1 Ewen McIntyre (Lotus 15); 2 Alan Minshaw/Jason Minshaw (Maserati T61); 3 Gary Pearson (Lister Jaguar)

John Cooper Trophy for Pre ’66 Grand Prix Cars:

1 John Chisholm (Lotus 18); 2 Enrico Spaggiari (Cooper T53); 3 John Harper (Cooper T51)

Alan Mann Trophy for Big-Engined Touring Cars (pre ’66):

1 Leo Voyazides (Ford Falcon); 2 John Young (Ford Mustang); 3 Westley Harding (Ford Falcon)

Italian Historic Car Cup (held Saturday evening)

1 Grant Tromans/Michael Caine (Abarth Osella PA1); 2 Michael O'Shea/Roberto Giordanelli (Cooper T61 Maserati); 3 Marc Devis/Anthony Reid (Maserati 250S)

Cat: Silverstone Classic News Stories

Comments

Author: steve baron

fantastic gives me a semi every year

Date: 2010-08-20 18:28:35