ERA R10B at Donington Park in the Nuffield Trophy race driven by Peter Whitehead who finished 3rd, 10th June 1939.
Peter Whitehead (12 Nov 1914 - 21 Sep 1958) took the ERA to Australia in 1938 where he won the the Australian GP at Bathurst. The car is currently (2021) owned and raced by Paddins Dowling. The race track at Donington Park was the first genuine road racing track in England, situated near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, though the original track's 'Melbourne Loop, was across the border in Derbyshire. The track ran up to the outbreak of WWII, when it was commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, It effectively lay dormant until purchased by Bernard (Tom) Wheatcroft and re-opened May 28th 1977, with the frst car meeting run by the Nottingham Sports Car Club. T W (Tom) Green was a press photographer with the Nottingham Guardian, and some of the photographs in the collection were on glass slides.
Size: 5149px × 3304px
Location: Donington Park race circuit, Leics, UK
Photo credit: © T W Green / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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