Formula 1 cars reverberated around Brands Hatch just weeks after the legendary Grand Prix circuit turned 60 years old.
The West Kingsdown track's longer 2.4-mile route – which boasts an historic woodland section – held its first major car meeting on August 1 1960.
Martin O'Connell, 45, won the first Historic Formula One race in his 1982 Tyrrell 011B. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Jack Brabham, driving a Cooper T53, won the inaugural event – a non-championship F1 thrash dubbed the Silver City Trophy.
The circuit hosted its last Grand Prix in 1986, but the Masters Historic Formula 1 championship brought a taste of motorsport's highest level back to north Kent last weekend.
Former F1 star Johnny Herbert drove an Ensign N180B, finishing fifth in the opening race on Saturday.
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But the 1985 Formula Ford Festival winner was ruled out of the second race on Sunday with a gear-linkage problem.
Here, KM photographer Simon Hildrew captures some of the best of the action from across the weekend...
Three-time Grand Prix winner Johnny Herbert drove this 1981 Ensign N180B Grand Prix car. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Jonathan Holtzman's newly-built Tyrrell P34. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Jon Fairley, 11, and Will Nuthall, finished first and second in both Historic Grand Prix Cars races. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The start of the first Equipe Classic Racing race won by leader Tom Smith in his MGB. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Rob Fenn, right, won the Pre-66 Touring Cars race, after Steve Soper, left, vaulted the barriers on the final lap when his throttle stuck open at Stirlings. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Mike Whitaker, leading, won the Gentleman Drivers race in his 1965 TVR Griffith. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Jon Fairley, leading, won both Historic Grand Prix Cars races in his 1964 Brabham BT11. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Nick Swift, 26, from Tenterden, finished third and fifth in the closely-fought Pre-66 Mini races. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Jeff Smith, 55, beat Tom Bell in the first Pre-66 Mini race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Ollie Streek, 100, from Cranbrook, finished sixth and seventh in the Pre-66 Mini races. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Masters Historic Sports Cars field streams into Paddock Hill Bend on the opening lap. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Alex Brundle and Gary Pearson, 23, won the Masters Historic Sports Cars race in their 1971 Lola T70. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Joe Ferguson, 34, beat former BTCC star Jeff Smith in the second, closely-fought Pre-66 Mini race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Ian Curley, 46, from Marden, and Nick Swift, 26, from Tenterden, had close battles in the two Pre-66 Mini races - Swift finished in third and fifth while Curley scored third and fourth-place finishes. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Jonathan Holtzman raced his newly-built 1976 Tyrrell P34 recreation. He finished third and fifth in class in the Historic Formula One races. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Historic Formula One competitor Greg Thornton, 1, scored a win and a third place in his 1982 Lotus 91. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Mark Ashworth, 87, won the second Equipe Classic Racing encounter in his TVR Grantura. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Brands Hatch hosts the British GT Championship this weekend.