1936 E.R.A. R11B – Humphrey

A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black and white,” the editor/publisher, Casey Annis, whom you now all know well, came to England to have a look at what the new “European team” was doing. I took him to a VSCC race meeting at nearby Silverstone for his first look at English motor sport.

This was just an “ordinary” historic race meeting, and on the program was an all-E.R.A. race, where I believe all but one of the original production run of these cars was on the grid. That in itself was pretty spectacular; how many manufacturers of any size have had all their cars on a grid at the same time? The answer, I am quite sure, is none.