SILVERSTONE
MSVR/MRL
21-22 OCTOBER
There was drama written all over Fred Shepherd’s far from straightforward victory in the Gerry Marshall Trophy at a Silverstone meeting last weekend that included a mixture of races from Motor Racing Legends and the Historic Racing Drivers Club.
Richard Oldershaw started the race from pole in his ex-Brian Muir Rover SD1, but Shepherd used his Ford Boss Mustang 302’s extra power to blast into an immediate lead before drawing clear to win the 45-minute race by over 35 seconds from John and Jack Young’s Chevrolet Camaro.
But things hadn’t been comfortable for Shepherd, as the 25-year-old explained:
