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The front row featured a stunning line-up: an ERA B-type (R1B), a Maserati 4CL and an ERA A-type (R3A) — poster image for everything this event represents. When the flag dropped the grid stormed forwards, but before the opening lap was complete heartbreak struck for Michael Gans as a plume of smoke emerged from the back of his Maserati 4CL, the front-runner forced out of contention.

The drama only heightened from there. Ben Fidler grappled brilliantly with the legendary ERA D-type (R4D), recovering from a dramatic, tyre-smoking skid as he pitched it into the corner. Sadly, the race ended prematurely for several other beautiful machines. Julian Majzub’s exquisite Maserati Tipo 26M began pouring fluid onto the track. A similar mechanical fate befell Julian Wilton’s ERA B-type (R7B), which limped slowly into the pit lane before inevitably retiring.

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While the field battled mechanical gremlins, the leaders treated spectators to some of the finest historic racing imaginable. Out front, the gap progressively vanished between Mark Gillies in the ERA A-type (R3A) and David Morris in the ERA B-type (R11B) — the battle of the ERAs was officially on.

As the two dominated the track, backmarkers and back-of-the-grid traffic compressed the field, slashing the gap between the leaders further still, and as things became tenser the historic machinery became even harder to handle. Tom Dark found this out the hard way, spinning his Maserati V8RI off the track and onto the grass, where he could only wait and hope for a push-start. The drama escalated with just five minutes remaining when the safety car was deployed to recover Richard Bradley’s abandoned Maserati 4CL.

When racing resumed there was a mere two and a half minutes left on the clock, and the victory was still entirely up for grabs. Gillies and Morris locked horns at the restart, storming into the final stretch of the race with less than half a second separating them.

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Fighting right to the wire, it was Gillies who ultimately guided the ERA A-type (R3A) across the line to take a hard-earned victory. As he began his celebrations, a gracious Morris pulled his ERA B-type (R11B) alongside him to exchange a thumbs-up, a perfect display of sportsmanship between two great drivers after one truly remarkable race.