VSCC Colerne
VSCC Colerne
THE annual speed trial over a standing-start kilometre, with times for the quarter-mile and kilometre and speed over the finishing line, was held on the airfield near Bath on July 24th by kind permission of the CO, Lt Col C. A. Colvin. Admission was strictly by VSCC membership card only and it was the sort of gathering that makes membership of the VSCC so worth while. Some interesting
times and speeds were recorded by cars, the youngest of which was 25 years old and the oldest was over 75 years old. Drivers also ranged widely from 17 to over 70 years of age. FTD went to D. R. Morris driving his father’s 2-litre ERA and best Vintage time went to H. Moffat (Bugatti 35B), but S. Phillips (Lotus 16) recorded the highest terminal speed. The list below gives the best of two runs for the 1/4 mile, the kilometre and the terminal mph figure in order of speeds. Sec Sec MPH 1. S. Phillips (Lotus 16-2.2-litre 1958) 1133.74,2 i44:2378 irt:(2) 2. D. R. Morris (ERA R11B 2.0-litre 1936) 3. G. St. John (Bugatti T51 2.3-litre 1931) 13.77 24.99 133.3 4. Lord Raglan (Bugatti T51 2.3-litre 1932) 14.33 26.02 128.21 5. N. Preston (Bugatti T35132.3-litre 1929) 14.10 25.78 127.39 D. H. Day (ERA R14B 2.0-litre 1938) 14.46 26.19 127.39 R. Felton (Maserati 4CL 1.5-litre 1939) 14.72 26.47 127.39 6. H. Moffat (Bugatti T35B 2.3-litre 1928) 14.51 24.61 127.0 7. I. Preston (Bugatti T35B2.3-litre 1929) 14.24 26.07 126.0 8. P. Jaye (Attenborough Spec. 2.0-litre 1938) 14.45 26.08 125.0 9. A. Brooke (Vatudiall Villkrs3.0-litre 1929) 16.47 29.03 119.7, 10. C. D. Jones (Riley Spec. 2.5-litre 1938) 15.05 27.59 119.05 11. B. Heath (Frazer Nash Le Midis Mk 2 1952) 15.72 28.47 118.0
12. R. J. Burrell (Bentley-Royce V12 7.2-htre 1936) 15.14 27.82 114.94 Other interesting speeds were recorded by A. D. Jones (Frazer Nash “Patience”) 84.03 mph, G. Hane (Frazer Nash “Reply”) and M. Cann (Aston Martin 2-litre) 90.4 mph, S. Phillips (BMW 328 mod). 106′ mph, B. Summerfield (Avon-Bentley Spec.) 110.5 mph. F. A. 0. Gaze (Napier Replic.a) 111.73 mph, !%. H. Chamberlain (Napier Replica) 109.29 mph. M. Walker (Panhard 1908) 92.59 mph. R. Barker (HaPzer (1908) 89.7 mph.