I used to be a motor mechanic.

My father was a motor mechanic, and my mother a homemaker. We moved to Bath when I was four, and so I consider myself a Bathonian.

Fangio . . . I saw him when he was on the wane and he was still better than most. And Jim Clark and Stirling Moss were next best.

Graham flew back to England, but we drove 1000km to another meeting where I raced the car and the one mechanic gave all the signals and handled every pit stop,

I know, I've been there and done that. I can't see the logic of a bloke earning good money here wanting to go to America to get his backside blown off.

It's difficult to move into those guys living south of the Mason-Dixon line. They won't welcome an out-of-towner,