Without getting out my copy of "Wheelspin", (that would not be allowed on Christmas Day!) I would guess:- Driver: Ken Hutchinson Car: V12 Allard FGF 290 Event: Lawrence Cup (probably 1939 judging from the lack of knobbly tyres) Section: Based on the openness of the area and popularity with spectators - Red Roads Passenger, and Answer to the Question, Bill Boddy
Simon deserves a bonus as regards this Allard picture. Although the two photographs came together as part of a small number of copies that Alan Allard kindly gave me many years ago - I think Simon, by noticing the standard tyres, is probably correct on this one. Different trial. The first photo on Andrew's site is 100% certainly the start at Dunster for the '38 Experts - clearly shows ultra-knobbly tyres (and no hub-caps). For the '39 Lawrence Cup, it was "plain tyres" - as CAN may puts it - and hub caps. And I agree with Simon that the gradient/background in the second photo do look like the WD land around the Pirbright/Bagshot area used for the Lawrence. Could well be the top section of Red Roads. Passenger certainly looks like Boddy again. Boddy did an excellent write-up on the '38 Experts so for confirmation I will have to try and see if he also did one on the Lawrence. Mind you, re-reading the Motor Sport account has thrown up a real conundrum. Boddy says that for the '38 Experts the brand new Hutchison car only had a V8. Tom Lush however says (in 'Allard -The Inside Story' MRP) that because Hutchison was disappointed with the power after his previous Allard V12, he had a brand new Lincoln V12 installed before the Experts. Certainly from then onwards the car was always referred to as being a V12.
Without getting out my copy of "Wheelspin", (that would not be allowed on Christmas Day!) I would guess:-
ReplyDeleteDriver: Ken Hutchinson
Car: V12 Allard FGF 290
Event: Lawrence Cup (probably 1939 judging from the lack of knobbly tyres)
Section: Based on the openness of the area and popularity with spectators - Red Roads
Passenger, and Answer to the Question, Bill Boddy
Yes, yes, I know I'm sad before anyone says it!
Simon deserves a bonus as regards this Allard picture. Although the two photographs came together as part of a small number of copies that Alan Allard kindly gave me many years ago - I think Simon, by noticing the standard tyres, is probably correct on this one. Different trial. The first photo on Andrew's site is 100% certainly the start at Dunster for the '38 Experts - clearly shows ultra-knobbly tyres (and no hub-caps). For the '39 Lawrence Cup, it was "plain tyres" - as CAN may puts it - and hub caps. And I agree with Simon that the gradient/background in the second photo do look like the WD land around the Pirbright/Bagshot area used for the Lawrence. Could well be the top section of Red Roads. Passenger certainly looks like Boddy again. Boddy did an excellent write-up on the '38 Experts so for confirmation I will have to try and see if he also did one on the Lawrence. Mind you, re-reading the Motor Sport account has thrown up a real conundrum. Boddy says that for the '38 Experts the brand new Hutchison car only had a V8. Tom Lush however says (in 'Allard -The Inside Story' MRP) that because Hutchison was disappointed with the power after his previous Allard V12, he had a brand new Lincoln V12 installed before the Experts. Certainly from then onwards the car was always referred to as being a V12.
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