Holme run in GTSCC for Gott’s Healey
THRUXTON HISTORIC
BARC
15-16 AUGUST
Sensational cars and superb driving characterised the postponed Thruxton Historic event and, joy of joys, spectators and car club members were welcomed back to the banks if not the paddock. Mark Holme’s surprise GT & Sports Car Cup victory in the famous ex-John Gott Austin-Healey 3000, in which Jeremy Welch middle-stinted, was but one highlight of a weekend that featured British Touring Car star Rory Butcher and past master Dave Coyne among the winners.
Holme bought SMO 746 – dormant for 46 years following Gott’s death – recently, but had not driven it until qualifying.
