John started his racing life after winning a sprint event at Goodwood in 1991 and then continuing as a pupil of the late Peter Gethin at his Mithril Racing Academy. John’s first race car was an Aston Martin DB5 and he went on to race other Astons, including the car he still owns. He won the V8 class of the Aston Championship in 1999 in this 1986 V8 Zagato. John also owned and raced two ex-Le Mans Group C cars including the 1984 Nimrod, in which he won the Roger St John Trophy in 1993. John also races the New Zealand Freighters Mk 1 Escort and is rebuilding the 1961 ex-Scuderia Bellancauto, Fiat Abarth Record Monza.

John Dennehy - 1986 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato

John started his racing life after winning a sprint event at Goodwood in 1991 and then continuing as a pupil of the late Peter Gethin at his Mithril Racing Academy. John’s first race car was an Aston Martin DB5 and he went on to race other Astons, including the car he still owns. He won the V8 class of the Aston Championship in 1999 in this 1986 V8 Zagato. John also owned and raced two ex-Le Mans Group C cars including the 1984 Nimrod, in which he won the Roger St John Trophy in 1993. John also races the New Zealand Freighters Mk 1 Escort and is rebuilding the 1961 ex-Scuderia Bellancauto, Fiat Abarth Record Monza.

1986 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato:

In 1985, Aston Martin returned to Zagato of Milan to design 51 V8 Coupes. This car, with an RS Williams 7 litre modification was raced extensively in the United Kingdom and Europe and in 1999 won the V8 class of the Aston Championship. In 2010, the decision was made to return it to as close as possible to its original road specification, retaining necessary race equipment. The car now weighs in at considerably more than its previous race weight at 1.82 tonnes and is now race and road compliant.