Frazer Nash cars and Castle Combe have become synonymous over the circuit’s 75-year history. With the Le Mans Replica and High Speed in which Stirling Moss and Tony Crook finished 1-2 here in October 1950 on display, a 31-car extravaganza - probably the finest marque gathering, peppered with fabled survivors - entertained knowledgeable spectators as glorious Sunday sunshine bathed the wonderful Autumn Classic.
Showcasing Archie Frazer Nash’s pre-war chain gangers and the Aldington family’s post-war cars exquisitely, Patrick Blakeney-Edwards (1925 Super Sports) and Theo Hunt (1953 Le Mans Rep) swapped the lead repeatedly in the seventh Freddie Giles Memorial Trophy race, honouring the inimitable FN Car Club’s captain from nearby Devizes. It mattered not that Hunt won - by 0.122 seconds - in the Bristol-powered machine. Rob Beebee (TT Replica), Michael Scott (LM Replica) and Jeremy Brewster (Geoghegan Special) were a minute behind the leaders.
