Former Formula One star David Coulthard emerged victorious in the Tony Gaze Trophy race for road-going sports and GT cars that competed between 1954 and ’59.
Race report: 77MM – Tony Gaze Trophy
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The 13-time Grand Prix victor, who started from the middle of the front row, arrived at Madgwick for the first time ahead of pole-sitter Richard Woolmer’s Austin-Healey 100M Coupé. Coulthard briefly lost the lead to the youngster on the second lap as Woolmer lunged inside the Scot’s IWC-prepared Mercedes-Benz 300SL ‘Gullwing’ on the second apex at Lavant, only for Coulthard to reclaim the position almost immediately.
Woolmer was only 0.38 seconds in arrears at the end of the third lap, but sadly he was forced to retire his car shortly before half-distance. Coulthard’s lead over new second place man, Austin-Healey racer Mike Thorne, was a whisker over eight seconds at the start of the penultimate lap, with Jaguar XK150 driver Andrew Keith-Lucas and Austin-Healey ace Jonathan Abecassis squabbling over third place to the flag, with the former just getting the nod.
Photography by Tom Shaxson and Drew Gibson.
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