Description:

Chassis M1B 30-12 was sold new, with a 4.7-liter Ford V-8, to Bill Kay, who envisioned a two-car team effort with himself and Peter Revson as teammates. It was not to be, as Kay died before the car’s first Group 7 outing, planned for the 1966 British Eagles Trophy race at Brands Hatch in July; there, chassis 30-12 was driven by Chris Amon to a third-place finish. 

Following Kay’s death, the car was acquired by George Drummond and Drummond Racing, who also enlisted the services of Revson to drive the car. Though registered for Can-Am events at St. Jovite, Bridgehampton, and Mosport (all in September of 1966), the car was a no-show at all three. Its first Can-Am race with Revson behind the wheel came at Riverside in October, where he started in 31st position but climbed his way to sixth by race-end. The following month, Revson delivered a fourth-place finish at the Can-Am event in Las Vegas, then scored a third-place finish in the Nassau Trophy Race during Bahamas Speed Weeks in December. 

For 1967, the car was purchased by Skip Barber, who swapped the Ford V-8 for a 5.4-liter Chevrolet / Traco V-8 before the season began. His first three races in 30-12 were U.S. Road Racing Championship (USRRC) events, and Barber managed a ninth-place finish at Riverside, followed by a fifth-place at Laguna Seca and a did not finish (DNF) at Bridgehampton, retiring with a differential failure. The Watkins Glen Grand Prix was next, and Barber drove the McLaren to a third-place finish, followed by a fourth-place in the USRRC race at Mid-Ohio. 

Barber’s final three races in the McLaren were all Can-Am events, and he managed a seventh overall finish at Road America, a ninth-place finish at Bridgehampton and a 15th-place finish at Mosport. While all were significant improvements from Barber’s qualifying positions in the M1B, it became apparent that a privateer running a two-year-old chassis against the likes of McLaren and Penske (running the McLaren M6A and the Lola T70 Mk.3, respectively) had little chance of victory in the series. Chassis 30-12 was retired following the Mosport race, and surfaced again in 2000, when purchased by Denver McLaren collector Harry Matthews. 

 

 

The current keeper has owned the car now for several years competing it extensivley in the US and at one time holding the lap record for a tube chassis car at road America.

It was Imported into the UK in 2019 competing in that years Goodwood revival.

In 2022 it underwent a chassis up restoration and was returned to its 1966 Drummond racing livery. At that years Goodwood revival it finished 5th also claiming fastest lap of the weekend.

At the 2023 Goodwood revival after some testing and set up development by Lexham Engineering, it won the Whitsun Trophy race driven by James Davison, and again claimed fastest lap of the weekend. 

It comes with a long HTP and some spares. 

 

 

Website:

https://lexhamengineering.com

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