1970 Chevron B16

This is a photograph I took in the paddock at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1986.

It's the 1970 Chevron B16 of Richard Budge but it didn't take part in any of the races at this meeting, though Richard Budge drove his Chevron B6 in the HSCC Atlantic Computers 2 Litre GT Championship race. The B16 was designed by Derek Bennett to compete in the European 2 litre Championship series which it won by one point from Lola in 1970. It was raced with Ford Cosworth and BMW engines, and also with Mazda Rotary engines. Richard Budge’s car has a 1,800 cc mid-mounted Ford Cosworth FVC four-cylinder engine.

1968 Lenham Hurst GT

I took his photograph at Foulstons chicane during the European Sports Trophy race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton park in August 2004.

Leading is David Methley in his 1968 Lenham Hurst GT powered by a 1,598cc Ford Cosworth FVA engine. The following car is Ross Maxwell's 1968 Chevron B8 which has a 2 litre BMW engine, and behind him is Sean Walker's 1,850cc 1970 Chevron B16.

1970 Chevron B16

I took this photograph at Lodge Corner during practice for the European Sports Prototype Trophy race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004.

It's the 1970 Chevron B16 of David Yates and I've seen the engine of this car described as being a 1,790cc 4-cylinder inline Ford Cosworth FVC unit, but the programme of the event shows the engine capacity as 1,850cc. The Chevron B16 was also raced with 4-cylinder BMW and Mazda Rotary engines.

Chevron B16

I took this photograph at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

It's not listed in the programme of the event, but it's the 2 litre Ford Cosworth powered 1970 Chevron B16 of Jamie Boot. The B16 was designed by Derek Bennett to compete in the European 2 litre Championship series which it won by one point from Lola in 1970. I don't think the car competed at this Oulton Park meeting, but Jamie Boot took part in another race that day in a TVR Griffith 400.

Chevron

The Chevron Car Company was founded in 1965 by Mancunian Derek Bennett, starting off in Salford and later moving to Bolton. It's no surprise then that meetings at nearby Oulton Park (about 40 miles away) attract a large number of Chevron cars at appropriate meetings. Here are some of the cars of this marque that took part in the European Sports Prototype Trophy races at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004. The photographs were taken at the Foulstons chicane.

Martin O'Connell in a 1,998cc 1967 Chevron B8

Jon Minshaw in a 1,950cc 1970 Chevron B16

Michael Schryver in a 1,600cc 1967 Chevron B6 leading David Yates in a 1,850cc Chevron B16

Sean Walker in a 1,850cc 1970 Chevron B16 leading Andrew Schryver in a 1,998cc 1969 Chevron B8