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The curious case of the Tourist Trophy

A challenging question is currently being asked about an integral piece of British motorsport history - who has actually won it? GARY WATKINS explains, and leads the call for information

Gary Watkins Apr 23, 2015, 11:09 PM

This is a kind of call to arms. Or at least a request for information - or evidence - such as photographs and old race programmes. Keep reading, because this is important as it concerns the history of the oldest piece of motorsport silverware still awarded anywhere in the world.

I'm talking about the Royal Automobile Club's Tourist Trophy, which earlier this month became another addition to the bulging, collective CV of one of the great line-ups in sportscar history.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.