NEWS

2007 Awards Dinner at Woodcote Park

Nick Wigley and Eddie McGuire Motor Racing Legends held its end-of-season Awards Dinner on November 14th, at the Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote Park clubhouse in Epsom. Gregor Fisken presenting the PWSCS trophy to Philip Champion The 120 dinner guests included Sir Stirling and Lady Moss, plus a wide cross-section of competitors, owners and participants from both the Woodcote Trophy and the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series.

The highly prestigious Woodcote Trophy itself was presented by Tim Keown, Vice-President of the Royal Automobile Club, to this year’s winners: Eddie McGuire, Nick Wigley and Mark Hales for their performance in the ex-Fangio Le Mans Gordini T23S.

Also presented at the Dinner was a brand-new trophy, awarded to the overall winners of the Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Car Series: Philip Champion and Steve Stanton, for their drives in the Frazer Nash Super Sports. The trophy was presented by Gregor Fisken, who is a generous supporter of both the Pre-War Series and the Woodcote Trophy as well as being a highly successful competitor himself.

Meanwhile, the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy class winners for 2007 were as follows:

Class 1 for drum-braked cars up to 1500cc: Richard Ashmead / Peter Colborne Baber – Lotus IX
Class 2 for drum-braked cars up to 2 litres: Adrian Van der Kroft / Andrew Cameron – Cooper Bristol T20
Class 3 for drum-braked cars up to 3 litres: Eddie McGuire / Nick Wigley and Mark Hales – Gordini T23S
Class 3a for disc-braked cars up to 3 litres: Adrian Hall / Nick Adams – Lotus X
Class 4 for drum-braked cars over 3 litres: Michael Steele and Barrie Williams – HWM Jaguar
Class 4a for disc-braked cars over 3 litres: Ben Eastick / Nigel Webb, Neil Cunningham and Grahame Dodd – D-type Jaguar

And the Pre-War Sports Car Series class winners for 2007 were:

Class 1 for unsupercharged cars up to 1100cc: John Clarke / Leigh Sebba – Morgan 4/4
Class 2 for unsupercharged cars up to 1500cc or supercharged up to 1100cc: Philip Champion / Steve Stanton – Frazer Nash Super Sports
Class 3 for unsupercharged cars up to 2000cc or supercharged up to 1500cc: Richard Lake / Jane Varley – Aston Martin Speed Model
Class 4 for unsupercharged cars up to 3000cc or supercharged up to 2000cc: Gareth Burnett / Luke Stephens – John Ruston’s Alta 2-litre Sports
Class 5 for unsupercharged cars over 3 litres or supercharged over 2 litres: Peter Neumark / Simon Hope – Alfa Romeo 8c Monza