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David Richards contests VSCC Pomeroy Trophy with WRC-winning Escort
Motorsport UK Chair David Richards joined the anniversary celebrations at the Vintage Sports-Car Club’ s Pomeroy Trophy on Valentine’ s Day.
Marking its 70th event in 2026,‘ The Pom’ tests the speed and agility of pre-war cars against newer machinery with a series of performance tests ranging from slaloms, timed acceleration and braking to a series of laps on the Historic Grand Prix circuit.
In keeping with the spirit of the event, an eclectic entry could be found in action on the Silverstone tarmac. The oldest car in the entry dated back to a 1907 Mercedes 120 and also included the winner of the inaugural Pom, a 1920 Vauxhall 30 / 98 and a 747cc Austin 7 Chummy. This contrasted with the unique sight of Jason Wright’ s Ford GT40 battling with a Toyota GR Yaris road car driven by sportscar racer Martin Short – very typical of The Pom!
Richards entered the Ford Escort MkII in which he and Ari Vatanen contested the 1981 Acropolis Rally on their way to the WRC title. This time Richards was at the wheel, enjoying one of club motorsport’ s most enduring events and claiming a class win in the process.
Richards will be taking on a variety of motorsport disciplines in his final year as Chair.
The event was won overall by Theo Hunt’ s 1932 Frazer Nash TT replica.
Photos: Joy Batchelor
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