Lex Davison

Their Le Mans adventure ended prematurely when a blown head gasket saw them retire on lap 25.

[4] He finished sixth in the 1961 Guards Trophy driving an Aston Martin DBR4/300[5] and placed tenth in the Intercontinental Championship.

While accelerating through the dog leg of the back straight in his 2.5L Brabham Climax he suffered a heart attack.

The car left the road at over 160 km/h, hit a culvert, somersaulted and crashed through a horse railing fence.

This trophy, designed and made in Britain by Mr Rex Hays to the order of CAMS, incorporates a silver model of the Austin 7 driven to victory in the first Australian Grand Prix in 1928.

Lex Davison ( HWM Jaguar ) contesting the 1954 Australian Grand Prix