Living barely 25 miles from Thruxton circuit was exciting but frustrating for a petrolhead too young to hold a driving licence, thus reliant on parental availability and transport. The Hampshire airfield had reopened its gates to racing in March 1968, 18 months after Goodwood’s closure obliged the British Automobile Racing Club to seek a new home, yet I missed most of its first six years. When I did get there for the first time, for the 1973 Championship Finals, I was blown away. A new chapter of my life began that day.
28 October 1973 is a date indelibly printed in my memory. Although my father had taken me to British Grands Prix at Silverstone and Brands Hatch since we moved from south London in 1962, and we’d visited Castle Combe…
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Autosport (Digital) - 1 Issue, 27/02/20