LEC back out from the cold: Aurora Trophy battle
Historic racer Peter Williams is now racing one of the two LEC grand prix cars built for David Purley in 1977.
Chassis number two is owned by Ron Maydon from Masters Historic Racing and is based in North America. Williams’ car is a recreation of chassis one, the car destroyed in Purley’s major accident at Silverstone in qualifying for the 1977 British GP. “It was rebuilt with some parts of the original car,” said Williams, who has raced it several times since acquiring it two years ago.
It was back for a shakedown during the Aurora Trophy races at Brands Hatch over the weekend, where Williams enjoyed a battle with Neil Glover’s Formula 5000 Chevron B37 (above), after being damaged in an accident at Zandvoort last month.
Later this year the car will be shipped to America for the F1 support race at the Circuit of the Americas. There it will join Maydon’s car so that both LECs are on the grid together.
Brands in reverse: 500cc F3s
Source: Autosport