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John Ogier and Essex Racing Team - The Nostalgia Forum
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Ogier formed the Essex Racing Team in 1960 (not to be confused with Essex Wire RT) , and raced Cooper F2 and Aston DB4 Zagatos. Closing the team after 1962 he started Ogle design and the highlight...
Bonhams : '2 VEV' - The ex-Essex Racing Stable,1961 …
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John Ogier, however, had higher ambitions... In early 1946 borrowed £15,000 from his father and a friend to start his Essex-based chicken farming venture. It proved so successful the loans were paid off within two years. He began club racing with a Jaguar XK120 bought in 1952. Snetterton in Norfolk became his home circuit.
Aston Essex sidebar February 2020 - Motor Sport Magazine
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Ogier served in WWII, gaining a Military Medal while a tanks officer, before getting involved in poultry where he joined national councils and wrote a textbook on the new intensive ‘broiler industry’ as well as running his home farm in Essex and another at Buxted, Sussex. In 1955 he took his XK120 racing.
Letters, March 2020 March 2020 - Motor Sport Magazine
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-2020/59/letters-2-march-2020
Whilst I knew that John Ogier had fielded the Essex Racing Stable team, I hadn’t previously made the connection to his chicken-farming enterprise. A small part of John Ogier’s chicken-farming legacy continues to be suitably petrol-fuelled – his original building at Buxted in Sussex now houses the office for classic BMW specialist Classic Heroes.
The complete history of the most valuable Aston Martin …
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Essex Racing Stable was owned by John Ogier, a wealthy poultry farmer. He had campaigned a couple of standard DB4GT models and then purchased 1VEV and 2VEV, which came with a bit of factory support, as canny Aston Martin proprietor David Brown covered his 1960 withdrawal from endurance racing.
DB4GT - Aston Martins.com
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The car on the left is a lightweight and was owned and raced from 1960 by John Ogier’s Essex Racing Stable. Driven by the likes of Roy Salvadori, Sterling Moss, Jim Clark and Innes Ireland, the GT was regularly competing against the Ferrari 250GT. …
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato - Wikipedia
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The most prominent DB4 GT Zagatos, affectionately known by the registration plates they share, 1 VEV and 2 VEV, were both raced under John Ogier's Essex Racing Stable, with assistance from the Aston Martin factory. Both the Zagatos raced in the 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Bonhams : '2 VEV' – THE MOST VALUABLE BRITISH CAR EVER …
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A truly great car is judged by the company it keeps, and '2 VEV' raced internationally throughout 1961-62 against rival Ferrari 250 GT SWB and Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinettas, vehicles which now count amongst the most valuable cars in the world. '2 VEV' was campaigned by owner John Ogier's Essex Racing Stable team as a quasi- works Aston Martin ...
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato - collectorscarworld
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Despite its smaller engine, the light and nimble Ferrari frequently outdid the Aston Martins. Through the backdoor Aston Martin did offer some support to selected privateers and in particular to John Ogier’s ‘Essex Racing Stable’. In 1960 he received a special version of the DB4 GT, that was lighter still than the regular cars.
The 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Was A Timeless Masterpiece …
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The most prominent of these lighter spec cars, known by the registration plates they share, 1 VEV and 2 VEV were raced under John Ogier's Essex Racing Stable and raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1961. The 2 VEV car sold in 2018 for £10,081,500, making it the most expensive British classic to be sold at auction.
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