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Old 23 Sep 2018, 14:22 (Ref:3852191)   #36
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Originally Posted by Paul D View Post
I think Zef's onto something here...

I've always wondered what sort of times a pro-driver could do with one of my cars, compared to my own best efforts. I like to think, in my more hallucinogenic moments, that they wouldn't be able to pedal it any faster than me - but the reality is more likely to be that they'd do half a lap, park it up and vow never to drive such a death-trap again!

The stuff these guys are racing at the Classic, Goodwood, et al are nothing like the things most of us club racers trundle around in at the weekends.
With the recent passing of 'Whizzo' I recalled an event that underlined, for me, the difference between Club Racer, and Professional. When the HSCC celebrated their 40th. Anniversary they ran a race for 1950's Sports Cars as in the original 'Griffiths Formula', and in a field of specialist machinery, Barrie drove a Jaguar XK120. On a sopping wet track the XK outdistanced all of the D-Types, Maseratis etc. as Mr Williams demonstrated the chasm between Club and Professional racing driver. A master class of control on a treacherous surface in a car that had no business being anywhere near the front of the race.


https://photos.app.goo.gl/n5TJLw9qJick5aXo9

One race I never forgotten.

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