Event: 2016 Silverstone Classic - Maserati Trophy For HGPCA Pre 1966 Grand Prix Cars

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Race 8: Maserati Trophy for HGPCA pre ’66 Grand Prix Cars

48 fantastic Grand Prix cars dating between 1937 and 1964 took the flag at the start of this race, with third-placed qualifier Jon Fairley leading as the field went through Abbey. Pole-sitter Will Nuthall soon put the Brabham BT11 under pressure, his older 1960 Cooper T53 harrying the 1964 machine.

Indeed, the Cooper passed the Brabham at Brooklands, but Nuthall was unable to slow the car and allowed Fairley to re-pass, before running wide himself at Stowe, giving up the lead.

Once Nuthall went ahead he was able to stretch the Cooper’s legs, opening up a good advantage, before Fairley began to put the pressure on again. Behind them, Peter Horsman was running a steady race in his Lotus 18/21, ready to pick up any positions if things went awry in front.

Fairley’s Brabham re-took the lead with just over two minutes left, Nuthall briefly slowed in the Cooper, before picking up speed again and setting up a final lap showdown.

Fairley seemed to have the 20-minute race all under control with half a lap left, but he then suffered a leery moment letting a surprised and delighted Nuthall finish in front.

• Will Nuthall (Cooper T53) 9 laps
• Jon Fairley (Brabham BT11) +1.403s
• Peter Horsman (Lotus 18/21) +13.041s

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[seaqnmac27]

I just love the diversity of approaches to get to the same result

[Kwaussie]

All looks good in photo 1 - a stall maybe - not bad in 2 but the Indy car in photo 3 is going somewhere else - very scary!

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Sunday race report:

Race 8: Maserati Trophy for HGPCA pre ’66 Grand Prix Cars

From Tin Tops to classic Grand Prix machinery from more thanhalf a century ago: the Silverstone Classic offers up a quite astounding arrayof historic racing cars.

Unfortunately, though, the second of the HGPCA races producedthe weekend’s first red flag. Yesterday’s second-place finisher Jon Fairleystalled on the line and while a good portion of the grid missed the strickenBrabham, with such a large field contact was somewhat inevitable. The Kurtis ofFred Harper slid into stationary Fairley and set off a chain reaction, which eliminated a number of competitors.

The restarted race was held over a reduced duration of 15minutes, with Will Nuthall in the Cooper T53 leading from Peter Horsman in aLotus 18/21. Horsman quickly found his way past Saturday’s winner, the pair ofthem stretching away from Rod Jolley’s Cooper T45/51, but a driveshaft failurecaused Nuthall’s retirement. This promoted Tony Wood in the unique Maserati TecMec into the final podium position, however he was caught on the final lap byRichard Tarling’s Assegai F1.

But as Tarling struck, his car instantly slowedwith a problem allowing Wood to claim third.
Tarling coasted towards the flag but his car agonisingly stoppedjust a few feet from the line. Defiantly, he jumped out and pushed it past thechequered flag to be classified in 19th place.

1. Peter Horsman (Lotus 18/21) 7 laps
2. Rod Jolley (Cooper T45/51) +16.327s
3. Tony Wood (Maserati Tec Mec) +26.001s