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Originally posted by Maisie
EP, it was actually one of the 2CV team members (not a marshal but someone who's been in racing for years) that told me. Nice to hear it's actually a true story 
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It was my Mum that told you taht wasn't it?
Anyway, the driver was Dave Butler. Can't remember what car he drove but it was in autocross in the 1970s. He lost part of his left arm and both legs when he found a unexploded wartime butterfly bomb on the Dunstable Downs as a teenager. He drove a left hand drive car so he could change gear with his right hand. The clutch was a hand lever attached to the gear stick. He had false legs and could operae the throttle and brake pedals with those. He had a cup for his left hand and a ball on the steering wheel that he clipped the cup to.
Brilliant driver if I remember right. My mum used to race against him regularly in her VW Beetle. I think he races an MG sprtscar now - not sure though.
:-)
Christine