The Guards Trophy

The Guards Trophy The Guards Trophy Championship is contested by Sports Racing cars (SRs) and Grand Touring cars (GTs) from the 1960s.

Grouped into similar performance classes running on (Dunlop) control tyres.

One for Adam Sykes album.Thanks due to Andrew Kitson.
22/09/2026

One for Adam Sykes album.
Thanks due to Andrew Kitson.

Come and crown the new champ.Elliot Paterson in the glorious family Ginetta G16 heads the points and is unbeatable goin...
21/09/2026

Come and crown the new champ.
Elliot Paterson in the glorious family Ginetta G16 heads the points and is unbeatable going in to the Guards Trophy round at Silverstone Finals on October 10.
Elliot picks up a Guards Trophy originally won by Bruce McLaren in 1964 and acquired by the HSCC some years back.

Adam Sykes was heading for third in Goodwood Whitsun Trophy but encountered an oil slick. Says the car suffered a minor ...
20/09/2026

Adam Sykes was heading for third in Goodwood Whitsun Trophy but encountered an oil slick. Says the car suffered a minor 'flesh wound'.

Mark Gillies wins Goodwood Trophy
20/09/2026

Mark Gillies wins Goodwood Trophy

This was the situation that confronted Benn Tilley in Mark's Elva. Eyes fixed on the flames in his mirrors, he found a m...
05/09/2026

This was the situation that confronted Benn Tilley in Mark's Elva. Eyes fixed on the flames in his mirrors, he found a marshal post and the guys in orange very professionally killed the flames. Yes flame damage but it could have been so much worse.

TUSTING ON TOP AT GOLD CUPReturning with a rebuilt motor Ben Tusting (Lenham P69) took the honours with a 20 second lead...
04/09/2026

TUSTING ON TOP AT GOLD CUP
Returning with a rebuilt motor Ben Tusting (Lenham P69) took the honours with a 20 second lead over championship leader Eliot Paterson (Ginetta G16), Paterson being closely followed by the Dwyer/ Wrigley Lenham. John Waggitt will have been very pleased that his newly prepared Lenham coupe showed good pace to deliver fourth. Particular mention goes to Benn Tilley for showing great dedication in finding a marshals post when the Gillies Elva suffered a fire in the engine bay. Benn plus great fire marshalling managed to restrict damage to the car. Guards was fortunate to have one of the few dry races in a largely drenched weekend.
Qualification early in the day was decidedly damp. Tusting headed the times but there were brilliant performances from Harrison/Holey (Lotus 23) and Callum Grant in Bob Yarwood's Crossle 9S.
It was an excellent grid of 20 cars. As well as the Yarwood Crossle, the Tuluie Chevron B8, Moss Shelby Cobra, Hadfield Lotus 47, Hopwood B8 and Flewitt Elan were out for the first time in 2026.
Despite the weather it was a great meeting. Now on to Silverstone Finals....

STOP PRESSThe Hadfield Lotus 47 is a late entry for Guards Trophy@Gold Cup. Driven by James and Simon Hadfield.Will be g...
26/08/2026

STOP PRESS
The Hadfield Lotus 47 is a late entry for
Guards Trophy@Gold Cup. Driven by James and Simon Hadfield.
Will be great to have them on the grid.

Come and salute the Guards grid Racing on Monday the Guards Trophy has drawn a splendid 20 plus entry. Out for the very ...
25/08/2026

Come and salute the Guards grid
Racing on Monday the Guards Trophy has drawn a splendid 20 plus entry. Out for the very first time this year are Joel Hopwood (Chevron B8), Mike Flewitt (Elan), Robert Yarwood (Crossle 9S), Mark Mayall (Jaguar E-type), Graham Moss (Shelby Cobra) and Robin Tuluie (Chevron B8). Steve Hodges (Chevron B8) might claim to be in this group having only managed two laps in his Brands Hatch debut.
Sam Harrison is back with a rebuilt twin cam in his Lotus 23, and could be a front runner around the twist and turns of Oulton. Others to watch are the Tusting Lenham and the Paterson Ginetta. The Colman Chevron was on the pace at Combe and new entry Tuluie may prove to be a 'dark horse". Musn't forget the sheer grunt of the Adam Sykes driven McLaren M1A Chevrolet.
Should be a great race. Enjoy.

MARCUS PYE REPORTS FROM COMBEScots Guardsman makes it threeElliot Paterson’s 830-mile round trip from Auchterarder was r...
21/08/2026

MARCUS PYE REPORTS FROM COMBE

Scots Guardsman makes it three

Elliot Paterson’s 830-mile round trip from Auchterarder was rewarded with a third Guards Trophy victory of the season in the family Ginetta-BMW G16, previously in the winner’s circle at Snetterton and Brands Hatch. Alas the Castle Combe round, between the cornerstone Superprix and Oulton Park Gold Cup events, proved a bridge too far for competitors. Eight teams turned out for the 50-minute race, six regulars plus Swiss visitor Jürg Tobler (Lola Mk1) and Ian Beattie (Jaguar XK120) from the Griffiths Haig Trophy to maximise their weekends, the latter enlisting Tom Poulton as co-driver.

It was very tight at the top in qualifying, Mark Colman in father Hugh’s ex-David Good Chevron-BMW B8 pipping Paterson to pole by 0.016s with a 1m14.307s (89.62mph) lap. Renowned Combemeister Dan Cox was in touch having lapped Michael Richings’ Ford twin-cam engined Merlyn Mk4A round in 1:15.298.

Peter Thompson hedged his GT bets with two entries. His TVR Griffith, co-driven by Jon Payne, led the preliminaries on 1:17.527 with the Shelby Cobra of Charlie Allison - which old buddy Thompson would finish - on 1:19.434. The Ford V8-powered monsters, orchestrated by Steve Mace, were split by the Crossle 9S of Oliver and Andrew Gemmill. Tobler’s Lola and the Jag completed the grid, barely a second apart.

The duel between Mark Colman and Paterson entertained with the distinctive cars passing and repassing each other until the mandatory pitstops, after which Elliot - whose previous visit to Combe was “10 years ago” for Morgan Motor Company Challenge races - stretched away from Hugh Colman, setting fastest lap at 1:14.161 (89.80mph). On a scorching hot Sunday afternoon on which Paterson saw the Colmans roast, he was “delighted not to have a roof. I had my own air conditioning!”

From a delayed start, the Cox in the Merlyn was lapping swiftly before he was black-flagged for a fuel leak long after the Crossle retired. The last podium place was the TVR’s for it was never threatened by the Cobra, a lap down. “I’m a little warm, but not as warm as the brakes. They are cooked,” said Thompson, “but we’ve had a good day out at a brilliant circuit.” The consistent Jaguar and Lola completed the finishers.

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