I recently attended the 3rd running of the Thruxton Historic Race Meeting. This is the first race meeting of 2020 at Thruxton that spectators were allowed to attend since the outbreak of COVID-19. 9 races over the weekend, with everything from Pre War cars to Touring cars of the 70's and 80's. Alongside this, drivers such as Gregor Fisken, Patrick Blakeny-Edwards, Tiff Needell, Jon Minshaw, Grant Williams and Duncan Pittaway provided the crowd with some great racing.
On static display around the track were some car clubs, the feature club being the GT40 Enthusiasts Club had several fine examples of GT40 to have a look at.
Below are my photo's of the action from the track
15th MLR Pre 63 GT Cars. This race was won by Jon Minshaw and Rory Butcher in the No 33 E-Type Jaguar
HRDC Jack Sears Trophy for Touring Cars 1958 - 1966 This race was won by David Coyne and Adrian Miles in the No 4 Ford Mustang
Activity in the Paddock
MRL Historic Touring Car Challenge with Tony Dron Trophy. This race was won by Gregor Fisken and Patrick Blakeny-Edwards
Ric Wood was pulling out a lead of over two seconds a lap before his race was ended with what looked like broken suspension in his Nissan Skyline GTR.
Some footage of Ric Wood's Skyline
Driver Changes
HRDC Thermex Allstars for pre 66 Sports, GT and Touring Cars. This race was won by David Smithies in the No 186 Cobra Daytona
Some footage of the race
MRL Pre War Cars. This race was won by Patrick Blakeny Edwards and Grant Peter in the No 24 Frazer Nash Super Sport
Driver change.
Footage of the race.
It was great to see these cars and drivers in action and Thruxton always provides great racing. It's worth a trip if you can get there.
The next race meeting at Thruxton is the British Racing Sports Car Club on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd of August. Tickets start at £12.
Details can be found at https://thruxtonracing.co.uk/
