A 1962 Tojeiro EE-Buick driven by Till Bechtolsheimer, qualifying for the International Trophy for Pre'66 Classic GT Cars, at the Silverstone Classic
Ecurie Ecosse was a motor racing team from Scotland. The team was founded in November 1951 by Edinburgh businessman and racing driver David Murray and mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson, its most notable achievement was winning both the 1956 and 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans. The team also raced in three Formula One races. Ecurie Ecosse's cars were always distinctive in their Flag Blue Metallic paint. The entrants for the 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans – a Cooper T57 Monaco and an Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite – retired after accidents in their 32nd and 40th laps saw Ecurie Ecosse moving on to a Tojeiro EE, but this too failed to finish after gearbox problems. This would be the last time that the original Ecurie Ecosse team would enter a car for the greatest endurance race in the world. Financial troubles and the self-imposed tax exile of founder David Murray had effectively ended the team's competitive era by the mid-1960s. Jackie Stewart won one race and finished second in another at Charterhall on June 30, 1963 but in July at Snetterton the car was crashed by Doug Graham. The original ex-Le Mans ex-Climax FPF-engined car was also converted to Buick V8 power and on June 23, 1963, it was driven by Tommy Dickson to finish fourth in one race at Ouston aerodrome, then retired from another that day when driven by local star Jimmy Blumer. This is an historically significant and pioneering rear-engined endurance racing Coupe design, predating the far more celebrated Lola Mark 5 GT/Ford GT family. The Tojeiro EE Coupes were commissioned and originally tailor-made to compete at Le Mans. This example's recent history includes a period in American ownership before being sold via Hall & Hall of Bourne, Lincolnshire, to Mr Dick Skipworth for his Ecurie Ecosse Collection in 2009. In his hands this rare and distinctive endurance racing Coupe has been further developed and race-prepared for Historic competition by James Dean Racing Services.
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Location: Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TN
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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