CHARLIE MARTIN Races Shelby Cobra at Masters Historic Festival Brands Hatch

June 1, 2026

• CHARLIE MARTIN piloted a Shelby Cobra Daytona in the 60-minute Masters Gentlemen Drivers & Pre-66 Touring Cars race at Brands Hatch, ultimately finishing behind James Littlejohn who delivered blistering closing lap times.
• Littlejohn, making his racing return after over a year away, shared the 1965 Shelby Cobra with Jeremy Cottingham and closed a 30-second gap to pass MARTIN’s Cobra before the chequered flag.
• The Masters Historic Festival featured classic F1 machinery spanning decades, with Stefan Johansson demonstrating a 1987 March and McLaren CEO Zak Brown competing in GT endurance races with his son Max.

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