Crighton in a ‘new’ Lola T644E at Hayes

After 20 years sitting in kit form in the workshops of Advent Motorsport, the Lola T644E of Tim Crighton was finally rebuilt in time for the Walter Hayes Trophy.

“We bought it as a kit of parts in 1997 and it had not run for at least five years before that,” said Crighton of the 1984 car. When new, it was run by Chris Fox for Gary Ward in the Esso series at Silverstone. “We only began work on it three months ago,” said Crighton. “But we had to run it at the Walter Hayes Trophy in the 50th year of Fford.”

He finished second in the progression race, but didn’t make it any further.

Tim Crighton’s car was built up from bits after 20 years