Silverstone Classic 23th - 25th July

Woodcote Trophy Pre-56 Sports Cars

Dry and Warm.
1 hour two driver race.
Race Car:- DB2 Lightweight Lemans 175 UXM
Drivers:- Mark Midgley and Glynn Allen

Paddock. DB2 le mans No.43

Paddock looking over DB2 lemans.

Friday Qualifying:-

Dry and warm.
30 Mins qual session.
Best Lap 2mins 34sec.
Grid Position. 38

There were a number of crashes towards the end of the qualifying session which prevented any good lap times.

We also over inflated the rear tyres which made the car very back end happy. For the race we dropped the pressure in the rear tyres by 4psi.

Saturday Race:-

Dry and warm with a very short light race shower during our race.

Best Lap time :- 2mins 33sec.
Finishing Position 34.
Class Position 5.

DB2 le mans in Assembly area & pre-griding

The Sir Sterling Moss Osca, our DB2 No.43 behind.

Glynn in DB2 side by side with ex Fangio Jaguar C type

Mark chasing TR2.

The start of the race was a rolling start which went well for Mark but an off by another competitor resulted in the safety car for several laps so Mark had a nice cruise round for 3 laps.

The DB2 started to loose power after the half way point and although still quick around the corners the car was slowing, down the straights and would not rev over 4,500. This lead to some over driving in the corners in an aim to maintain track position. This was fairly successful but with much sideways action which does not lead to good lap times.

Overall and enjoyable race meeting a pity the car lost power part way through the race which probably cost us about 4 or 5 places by the end of the race.

DB2 le mans after the race.

Exiting the Pit lane as part of the Green Flag Lap.