GASOLINE ALLEY

On Sunday 20th July 2025 Whitehill & Bordon will transform Leisure centre carpark into an automotive spectacle, as part of our day events and the launch the official Bordon Soapbox Derby 25'

The event will be putting on a show display of owners’ vehicles that will ensure a mixture of some awesome cars, bike and some oddites for some great photo opportunities.

Heading the event is an official Formula One vehicle that will complete three start-ups over the course of the gasoline alley show - something certainly not to be missed (or heard).

Register your vehicle for the day and our team will be in contact :)

Hesketh 308E Formula One.

The Hesketh 308E is a Formula One racing car model built by the Hesketh Racing team in 1977. The car was designed by Frank Dernie and Nigel Stroud and was the last car built by the Hesketh team before it folded at the end of 1978. The 308E was a relatively conservative design, with an aluminium monocoque chassis built around the common Cosworth DFV engine and Hewland gearbox combination. However, the 308E gained particular notoriety owing to Hesketh's team sponsors in 1977 – Penthouse and Rizla – and the resultant livery which incorporated a large rendering of a scantily-clad Penthouse Pet embracing a Rizla packet. During this year, driver Rupert Keegan managed to qualify the car at every race entered although its best finish was only seventh place at the Austrian Grand Prix. For 1978 the team reverted to rather less controversial sponsorship from the Olympus Corporation, although results were less dependable. Following Hesketh's withdrawal from the F1 World Championship the remaining 308Es were run for various competitors in the British Aurora AFX championship.

Galica was taken under the wings of John Webb and Nick Whiting, who entered her in the British Shellsport International Group 8 series in 1976, driving a Surtees TS16 Formula One car. After promising showings in this domestic series, Whiting decided to enter Galica for that year's British Grand Prix, using their Surtees. This appearance was notable as the first time in 13 years that a car had been entered for a World Championship Grand Prix using the supposedly unlucky number 13; so it also proved for Galica, as she failed to qualify for the race. The appearance meant she also joined a select band of seven Formula One drivers who have also competed in the Olympics.

Drivers: Eddie Cheever, Derek Daly, Hector Rebaque, Galica drove it in Silverstone 1978