From the Archives - 1980 AMOC Brands Hatch Historic Racing

Aston Martin vs Jaguar E-Type as the field exits Druids at Brands Hatch in 1980.

I think the photos in this blogpost were taken at the Sunday 11th May AMOC meeting at Brands Hatch.  Certainly the pictures were taken in May 1980 or before and certainly it is Brands Hatch.  Given the number of Aston Martins in the pictures it is safe to assume it is an Aston Martin Owners Club Meeting.   The pictures have been scanned from some rather contrasty Kodachrome slides.  The photos were taken on an Olympus OM10 SLR with 24, 50 and 100mm lenses.   The pictures haven't scanned that well but represent probably the best motor racing pictures I took up to that date.  From a distance of more than 38 years it is quite difficult to identify all the cars and drivers.   The meeting featured FIA Championship Historic Car races.  Certainly some quality cars and certainly some that I haven't seen much of recently.   Historic Racing, then as now, was a mixture of very authentic cars plus those rather less original and some more in the nature of copies or replicas.   Perhaps, there were more Ferraris racing regularly compared to today.

The well known JCB 1960 Ferrari Dino 246 F1

I think this must be Bobby Bell in his Lister Jaguar Knobbly.

Two Aston Martins battling it out into Druids.

The Geoffrey Marsh owned Aston Martin DBR4 overtakes an ERA on the blast up top Druids.

Aston Martin engined Lola T70 MkIII in the paddock.

Ferrari 330 GTO.  

Rear end of the 330 GTO

Pre-War Aston Martin at South Bank Bend.

Another Pre-War car taken from South Bank

ERA in the paddock.  Is this R2B Romulus?

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Chevrolet Camaro getting sideways at South Bank.