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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Pre-1966 GT Photo Gallery

Jaguar E-Type Jurrie Vanhalle
Jaguar E-Type and Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition

The AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 was held 8-10 August at the Nurburgring Circuit in Germany. This year’s Oldtimer featured the Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT, a Masters Historic Racing series for pre-1966 GT cars. With a class structure split by year and engine capacity, Aston Martin, Jaguar, AC Cobra, Porsche, Ferrari, MG, Morgan and TVR entrants race against Chevrolet, Ford, Austin-Healey, Alfa Romeo, Triumph and Lotus racers in double-driver pit stop races where exciting racing, big grids and a great variety of cars go hand in hand.

A superb cat and mouse duel between Martin O’Connell’s Jaguar E-Type and the TVR Griffith of Sean McInerney made the 65-minute Gentlemen Drivers race a thriller.

McInerney led away but O’Connell was ahead by the end of the opening lap. The two ran together for the first 25 minutes, but they were being caught by Marcus von Oeyenhausen’s Jaguar E-Type.

Just before the pit window, James Hagan spun Ron Maydon’s Ginetta G4R and was stranded at turn one. That incident brought out the safety car as the pit window opened! The field dived for the pit lane and McInerney elected to change a tyre, losing less time by doing so under safety car conditions. He lost extra time, though, when the TVR refused to fire up and hence he fell behind the Jaguar of von Oeyenhausen as he rejoined.

That left the E-types first and second but von Oeyenhausen had a spectacular engine failure, which put him out and gave McInerney second once more. Now it became a contest of bravery versus braking. “You had to balance how hard to push without wearing out your brakes,” said O’Connell. It was McInerney who pushed a fraction too hard and he slithered wide at turn one. He kept second spot but allowed O’Connell to bag the win, with Andrew Haddon’s AC Cobra third. He’d survived an early skirmish with the similar car of Michael Gans, but he copped a drive thru’ for jumping the start – and another for speeding in the pit lane. Eventually, Gans retired with damage.

Fourth should have been the Cobra of Thomas Bailly but he ignored a drive thru’ for a yellow flag misdemeanour, so an heroic fourth was the Ginetta G4R of Palle Birkelund Pedersen, while Jose Beltramelli’s Chevrolet Corvette and Harry Wyndham’s Jaguar E-type rounded out the top six.

In addition to Julien Mahiels’ gallery, photographer Jurrie Vanhalle also documented the Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014, offering the following excellent pictures from the Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT feature race. We split up Jurrie’s photos into two galleries. The first gallery starting below features our favorite images, all displayed in the full-width view of Sports Car Digest, while the second gallery and race results can be found on the last page of the article and gives a comprehensive view of all the photographs. To see more from Jurrie, visit vjimages.500px.com.

Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery

 

Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 904 GTS
Triumph TR4
Triumph TR4
Marcos 1800 GT
Marcos 1800 GT
Porsche 911
Porsche 911

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Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 904 GTS
Lotus Elite and Alfa Romeo TZ2
Lotus Elite and Alfa Romeo TZ2
Porsche 911
Porsche 911
AC Cobra
AC Cobra

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery Page Two

 

Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type and Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition
Jaguar E-Type and Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type

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Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 904 GTS
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette
TVR Griffith
TVR Griffith
TVR Griffith
TVR Griffith

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery Page Three

 

Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 356
Porsche 356
Alfa Romeo TZ2
Alfa Romeo TZ2
Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 904 GTS

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TVR Griffith
TVR Griffith
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Lotus Elan
Lotus Elan
Triumph TR4
Triumph TR4

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery Page Four

 

Porsche 911
Porsche 911
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Austin-Healey 3000
Austin-Healey 3000
Lotus Elan
Lotus Elan

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Lotus Elan 26R
Lotus Elan 26R
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 904 GTS
Lotus Elite
Lotus Elite

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery Page Five

 

Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
AC Cobra
AC Cobra
TVR Griffith
TVR Griffith

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Marcos 1800 GT
Marcos 1800 GT
Alfa Romeo TZ2
Alfa Romeo TZ2
Lotus Elan
Lotus Elan
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery Page Six

 

Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Triumph TR4
Triumph TR4
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Ginetta G4R
Ginetta G4R

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Alfa Romeo TZ2 in the mix
Alfa Romeo TZ2 in the mix
Bizzarrini 5300 GT
Bizzarrini 5300 GT
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Featured Photo Gallery Page Seven

 

Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition
Lotus Elite
Lotus Elite
Lotus Elan
Lotus Elan
TVR Griffith
TVR Griffith

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Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competition
Jaguar E-Type
Jaguar E-Type
Diminutive Ginetta G4R next to the Porsche 904 GTS
Diminutive Ginetta G4R next to the Porsche 904 GTS
Porsche 911
Porsche 911

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Main Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture)

 

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Oldtimer Grand Prix 2014 – Gentlemen Drivers Pre-66 GT Race Results

1. Martin O’Connell, Jaguar E-Type
2. Sean McInerney, TVR Griffith
3. Andrew Haddon, AC Cobra

Class Winners:
Martin O’Connell (Jaguar E-type), Joern Schulz (Porsche 356), Clive Joy (Ferrari 250 GT SWB), Armin Zumbotel (Porsche 356), Keith Ahlers/Billy Bellinger (Morgan +4 SLR), Palle Birkelund Pedersen (Ginetta G4R).

[Source: Masters Historic Racing; photos: Jurrie Vanhalle]