The plucky underdogs w

Scots racing superstar, from Sir Jackie Stewart and David Coulthard to Allan McNish and Dario Franchitti, all of whom have raced for the Ecurie name.

Current team boss Alasdair McCaig said it’s a story that everyone in Scotland should be proud of.

He said: “For the past 60 years, Ecurie Ecosse has been a David vs Goliath team. In the 50s, they were run from a backstreet mews garage in Edinburgh with not a lot of budget, almost like a group of friends and businessmen getting together and making best use of what they had available in terms of mechanics and engineers and beating the factory teams.

“It’s always pretty satisfying if you’re the underdog beating the big guys, if you’re in a car with a fraction of the budget and you go and beat everyone.

“Scotland has something to be very proud of in motorsport – look at all the great drivers that have come out of Scotland and Ecurie Ecosse is part of that. They weren’t always the bes truck in the paddock with the flashies equipment but they got the job don and at the end of the day, it’s all abou winning races.

“That was the golden era o motorsport.”

In its early days, Ecuri Ecosse recruited up- and comers like Jimmy Stewart who would later bring in hi younger brother Jackie. Th future Sir Jackie was at Ecuri before heading to Formula 1 with Tyrrell and winning three world championships.

Team boss Murray and his pit crew, led by Wilki Wilkinson, were working al the time to improve and get close to the giants of the sport.

By 1956, they were ready to tak a chance.

Using an older Jaguar D-Type, they had drivers Ron Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson at the wheel.

And they claimed an impressive win – literally beating reigning champion