TR DRIVERS CLUB'S BULLET RELAY RUN

This October marks 40 years since the last Triumph sports car was built, and the TR Drivers Club is marking this anniversary with a relay run across the whole of Britain that will involve all the area groups within the club. They felt that something a little different would be required to act as the baton to be passed between the regions, and so they approached former Triumph stylist John Ashford and asked him to create something unique, special – and also possibly a little historic. The result is this styling sketch for a new Triumph sports car for the modern era that BMW, the present owners of the marque, would be welcome to use for inspiration or production! All previous efforts for a new Triumph style have been completely unrelated to Triumph, but John Ashford was there and responsible for some of the most famous Triumphs of the past – the MkIV Spitfire, the GT6 MkIII, some elements of the TR7 and the complete style for the Lynx, the single surviving example of which is on display at Gaydon – so this rendering has real heritage behind it.

The Bullet Relay Run will commence on Saturday 10th July from Inverness in Scotland and travel the nation before concluding at Gaydon on Sunday 3rd October. Everyone who is interested in the marque is invited to come along on that day, when John Ashford will be special guest, along with other former Triumph luminaries.

For further information, contact John Clancy of the TR Drivers Club via email at john.clancy@bfcc.biz