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Picture shows Oliver Gavin, wearing period style racing overalls, with the Andrew Higginson owned Austin A4o in which he contested The 2010 St Mary\u2019s Trophy at the Goodwood Revival Meeting<\/p><\/div>\n
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Oliver was driving two different cars at Goodwood, partnering Des Smail in a 1959 Austin A40 in the St Mary\u2019s Trophy race, and sharing the wheel of a 1961 Jaguar E-Type with Mark Clubb in the RAC TT Celebration race.<\/p>\n
He finished a creditable 5th in the St Mary\u2019s race yesterday (Saturday), behind sport car legends and colleagues such as Derek Bell and Tom Kristensen.\u00a0 \u201cWe got murdered off the start by the Jags and dropped to 8th or 9th,\u201d said Olly.\u00a0 \u201cI managed to make up some ground over a few laps and was behind Derek Bell and aiming for his place when I missed the brake pedal at the St Mary\u2019s left-hand corner and ended up on the grass.\u00a0 Derek said he saw it and was smirking to himself behind his crash helmet!\u00a0 It was a bit frustrating that I\u2019d made the mistake as I spent the rest of the race trying to get back towards the front and was almost level with Derek at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe A40 was great fun but struggled compared with the lighter A35s and the Jaguars which have more power.\u00a0\u00a0 A really good experience though and massive thanks to Andrew Higginson, the car\u2019s owner, for entrusting me with it for the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s main feature race, the one-hour, two-driver challenge for closed-cockpit GT cars (1960-1964), the Corvette Racing driver who usually competes in the American Le Mans Series, lined up alongside some of the most famous names in motor sport in around \u00a3100million of exotic cars.\u00a0 The pairing had qualified 15th for the event, so had their work cut out, but ended up crossing the line in a satisfying 7th place.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a good race with both Tiff Needell and Derek Bell in this one, and was helped out a bit when Derek got caught out and tangled up with a backmarker.\u00a0 I tried not to smirk like he had yesterday but it was difficult!\u00a0\u00a0 I was in 3rd when we stopped for the driver change, and Mark did a great job to keep us in the top ten amongst some really stiff opposition such as Nic Minassian and Jean-Marc Gounon.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoyed being at the Revival event again, and it made me realise how much motor sport has moved on in terms of safety and technical development.\u00a0 The cars were quite scary to drive at times, and you can\u2019t help but think sometimes of what might happen if you crashed.\u00a0 You have a massive engine in the front which would end up in your lap \u2013 not something which would happen nowadays.\u00a0 Thankfully, it\u2019s because of these cars and these manufacturers that we are where we are now and I can\u2019t wait to return to the Goodwood Revival again in 2011 for another go.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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