Tuesday 6th June 1961

Ray Barfield drove his Aston Martin DB3S to win in the 6-hour ‘Le Mans’ race, winning from Bob MacDowall in a TR3A and Vic Johnson in an Austin Healey. Barfield set a race record distance of 187 laps, about 385 miles. David McKay drove a Renault Dauphine Gordini in the race and was highly critical of the event. Strangely, this didn’t prevent him coming out of retirement for a one-off appearance four years later.