Dwyer ran the Trojan at Donington Park
Dwyer brings Scheckter Trojan back into action
Mark Dwyer brought the ex-Jody Scheckter Trojan T101 Formula 5000 back to the grid recently at Donington Park for the Derek Bell Trophy races . The T101 is the car raced by the South African in the UK and North America in 1973 but not the car recently sold as part of the Scheckter collection . Dwyer ’ s car later went through various hands before spending time as a bare tub with Anthony Taylor . It was then raced sporadically by Lancastrian Michael Sidgwick , who took it to race in New Zealand , and Dwyer acquired it from Sidgwick a few weeks ago . The car is back in period Schecker livery as run by the Sid Taylor team in 1973 .
When Dwyer recently sold his F5000 Lola T400 to a UK-based American , he looked around for a car to use when the group of New Zealand F5000 drivers come to the UK this summer for races here at Brands Hatch and at the Oulton Park Gold Cup .
“ I first saw the car in New Zealand ,” said Dwyer . “ It was restored by Peter Denty in the late 1990s . We put new oil and fuel in it and we just treated Donington as a test .”
Lane is back racing after surgery
Briefs
l Former MGB and Historic Formula Ford racer Daniel Pickett has traded up to the ex-Jamie Boot Chevron B16 this season . Pickett has entrusted the car to Dan Eagling for preparation and is tackling a mix of Masters and HSCC races in the Vin Malkiebuilt continuation car . Pickett shared the B16 with Eagling at Donington Park in June , and they ran as high as second in the Guards Trophy before being halted by an oil leak ..
Lane returns to racing after heart operation
Veteran racer Mike Lane has returned to racing this season in his Formula Atlantic Chevron B49 after an 18-month break for a heart operation . Lane , who first raced in 1973 and is now 72-years old , felt unwell in his last race at Donington Park in 2022 and subsequently needed heart surgery and had a pacemaker fitted . He even took his HANS device into the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford so that the surgeon could see where best to fit the pacemaker .
“ Getting my licence back was a massive deal ,” said Lane , who has worked hard to regain fitness and be ready to race again . “ The medics at the hospital were wonderful and fully supported me getting fit to go racing again ,” said Lane .
The Nottingham driver briefly held the Donington Park outright lap record from racing a Mallock in the Clubmans race at the first race meeting when the circuit re-opened in 1977 . He later suffered a major accident at the same track , breaking 23 bones in total .
Pickett is racing the gorgeous Chevron
l Ferrari Classic racer Jago Keen has joined historic single seaters this this year with a Palliser WDB2 . The wingless Lotus twin cam-engined car was last raced by John Rand but had not run for around 10 years before Keen found it and brought it back into racing specification . “ I ’ m learning how to drive a single seater and there ’ s so much to learn ,” said the Hampshire driver ..
Keen ’ s Palliser at Donington recently
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