[Video] From Owlets to Batmobiles | GRR
Many of the race preparers and restorers we visit for this series will focus on a particular marque or era of racing to specialise in, whether that is vintage Bentleys or the ultimate E-types.
The array of racing machinery which greeted us at Blakeney Motorsport’s 35,000sq ft facility in Hertfordshire could hardly have been more eclectic and exciting, however, from a tiny supercharged Austin 7 trials car to a BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’. Then of course there is the wickedly fast Lister-Jaguar Costin coupe and of course the Frazer Nashes with which the company first made its name.
That name of course is a very familiar one to Revival racegoers, particularly when it comes to the chain-driven cars of the 1920s and ‘30s. There can be few more entertaining sights than the firm’s 1928 Frazer Nash saloon, dubbed ‘The Owlett’, sliding its way to the podium of the Brooklands Trophy with none other than Patrick Blakeney-Edwards at the wheel. We talk to the man himself about how a passion learned from his father led to multiple historic racing wins in every category imaginable