Walter Hayes Trophy

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The Walter Hayes Trophy is a non-championship Formula Ford race. Sanctioned by the Historic Sports Car Club and created by James Beckett the race has grown into the most prestigious Formula Ford race worldwide. The race is held annually in November at the Silverstone Circuit.

History[]

Walter Hayes was a Ford Motor Company public relations executive. As a public relations executive Hayes was very much involved with racing. Hayes died on 26 December 2000, aged 76.

The first Walter Hayes Trophy was held at Silverstone between 26 and 28 August 2001. Neil Fowler won the inaugural race in a classic Lola T200 beating 48 competitors.^[1] The 2001 race was the only Trophy held in August as part of the Silverstone Historic Festival. The race was sanctioned by the BRDC.^[2] As of 2002 the race is a stand-alone event hosted by the HSCC. Gavin Wills won the race in 2002. Joey Foster won the race three times in succession in 2003, 2004 and 2005 in Reynard chassis. Foster is the most successful Walter Hayes Trophy racer along with Peter Dempsey, both winning the race three times. Three Team USA Scholarship racers won the race, Conor Daly in 2008, Connor De Phillippi in 2009 and Tristan Nunez in 2012. Fellow Team USA Scholarship driver Oliver Askew finished second in 2016.^[3] The 2020 edition had 104 participants, three of whom were hospitalised because of a crash.^[4]

Winners[]

Year	Driver	Team	Car
2001	Neil Fowler	Neil Fowler	Lola T200
2002	Gavin Wills	Team West-Tec	Swift SC92
2003	Joey Foster	Marque Cars	Reynard 92FF
2004	Joey Foster	Marque Cars	Reynard 89FF
2005	Joey Foster	Marque Cars	Reynard 89FF
2006	Peter Dempsey	Cliff Dempsey Racing	Ray GRS06
2007	Peter Dempsey	Cliff Dempsey Racing	Ray GRS05
2008	Conor Daly	Cliff Dempsey Racing	Ray GRS07/08
2009	Connor De Phillippi	Cliff Dempsey Racing	Ray GRS08
2010	Peter Dempsey	Cliff Dempsey Racing	Ray GRS05
2011	Adrian Campfield	Kevin Mills Racing	Spectrum 011C
2012	Tristan Nunez	Cliff Dempsey Racing	Ray GRS08
2013	Scott Malvern	Kevin Mills Racing	Spectrum
2014	Wayne Boyd	Medina Motorsport	Van Diemen MS13
2015	Graham Carroll	BM Racing	Van Diemen JL13
2016	Niall Murray	Bernard Dolan Racing	Van Diemen RF99
2017	Michael Moyers	Kevin Mills Racing	Spectrum 011C
2018	Michael Moyers	Kevin Mills Racing	Spectrum 011C
2019	Jordan Dempsey	Kevin Mills Racing	Spectrum 011C
2020	Oliver White	Souley Motorsport	Van Diemen JL015K
2021	Max Esterson	Low Dempsey Racing	Ray GR18

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