The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Moulton race ace Robert Oldershaw stormed to a superb second place at the first round of the FIA Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch.
This was the first outing for the team in 2015 as they compete in the prestigious FIA championship.
The grid is a mixture of 1970s sports racing cars, ranging from Chevrons, Ford GT40s and the mighty Lola T70s.
Oldershaw Motorsport run a Lola 212, which is less powerful but more nimble than most of the field.
After qualifying fourth on the grid for the Saturday race, the stage was set for an epic battle between the little Lola 212 and the V8 T70’s who occupied the front row of the grid. Oldershaw got a
great start and passed the third place Chevron into Paddock Hill bend.
The T70s were much faster down the straights, but struggled through the fast corners on the historic Grand Prix circuit. Oldershaw was just about able to hang on to the second place car until his tyres started to go off, so he finished a solid third – which was later upgraded to second as the winning car of World Touring Car champion Rob Huff was disqualified.
Oldershaw said: “We nearly didn’t get out for the race as we found a crack in the chassis less than an hour before the race. But the team did a fantastic job getting it welded up in time and we got to the grid with minutes to spare.
“I was very chuffed with the podium.”
