The opening race of the weekend on Saturday kicked off with Jonathon Mitchell and his #007 former TRG-AMR Vantage GT3 again beating the #47 Graham Davidson driven former Oman Racing AMR to the pole position at the start of that fifty-minute race.

For the large Aston Martin Racing powered entry, the former Massive Motorsport Vantage GT3 was sadly an early casualty at Copse on the first run through when another car caught its nose and tipped both into a spin, taking another with them and leaving the Sampson driven car with rear end damage as a red flag was called for the clean-up.

 

With the marshals again doing a sterling job, it was quickly back to racing within the tight track schedule with Davidson doing what he could to chase down the #007 up ahead. With nobody afraid to race these now historical listed cars, further incident and accident was inevitable with a Safety Car intervention again further delaying the racing with little over fifteen minutes remaining.

Eventually getting back to green with just four minutes remaining, it was another last two lap dash to the flag with Mitchell able to hold off a charging Davidson (and the two other cars close behind) to take the win with the #47 car in second. The Kyle Tilley/Christian Albrecht driven former #18 AMR works car was the next best finisher in sixth with the #13 ex. TF Sport AMR of Shaun Lynn and Scott Malvern rounding off the top ten.

 

Race two on Sunday started much the same way with the #007 and #47 Astons again locking out the front row although both the #52 DBRS9 and the #68 cars were sadly both missing from the grid after their respective race one incidents.

This time avoiding any opening lap incidents, Mitchell was soon stretching his legs out from as Davidson soon had his rear-view mirrors full of Chevrolet Camero but quickly the #007 car would suffer from technical issues as the previous lap’s gap to second was quickly overcome and surpassed as the car eventually stopped out on track.

That left both Davidson and Phil Keen to battle for the lead into the pit window with the #47 able to restore its lead thereafter. The #18 AMR Vantage GT3 was also coming into the mix this time around after Tilley had taken over from Albrecht to run in third overall with little over fifteen minutes remaining.

As the sunlight began to turn down, the #47 Oman Racing AMR of Davidson secured another race win within the series with the #18 car coming home in third with the #13 former T-Sport AMR of Lynn/Malvern rounding out the top five as the final Aston Martin across the line.

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If you weren’t able to get o either the Spa Classic or the more recent Le Mans Classic and old cars are definitely your thing – there is always next weekend’s Silverstone Classic or rather the BRDC Classic as it is now known to think about.

With race cars from between the two world wars to more recent icons featured within the events three-day programme, our attention is immediately turned to the Motor Racing Legends – GT3 Legends entry for the event.

 

Featuring a spread over twenty-eight GT3 based chassis from between 2006 and 2015, there will also be seven Aston Martin Racing powered entries in either Vantage GT3 or DBRS9 format.

We have picked up upon this series several times now across their season so far and an AMR powered car has always been at the sharp end of the racing with car re-established to a former livery design of their time just for added spectacle.

 

 

Both Jonathon Mitchell’s #007 ex TRG AMR Vantage GT3 and Graham Davidson’s #47 ex Oman Racing Team AMR Vantage GT3’s have certainly been doing the rounds recently with many of these cars entered having also raced around the Circuit de La Sarthe at the Le Mans Classic just a few weeks ago.

Shaun Lynn will also be in attendance with his former TF Sport Salih Yoluc car as will Nick Sampson with his former Massive Motorsport Vantage GT3. Christian Albrecht will also be in attendance with his recently acquired factory liveried car.

 

Robert Oldershaw is the odd man out as he enters what looks like a former Vantage Racing DBRS9 with James Parker completing the AMR powered entry with a car we cannot quite work out whose that was historically.

They will again enjoy two hard fought races over the weekend.

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