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meeting. While in a qualifying
race in the usual clouds of mud
and shale at Bellevue, Jack spun
out of control and ended up
facing the opposite way, taking
out the battery connection.
With no chance of restarting the
engine to shift the car, through
the clouds of dust came Dave
Taylor doing about 60 who just
couldn't avoid hitting him headon.

In a spectacular crash, the
moment they hit came the earth
shattering noise that stunned the
crowd into silence. Dave's car
ended up 90 degrees north,
Jacks engine dropped out of the
frame and the chassis
concertinaed like a cardboard
box. The silence was deafening
as the crowd looked on holding
their breath in anticipation of what
would happen next.

Thankfully, both drivers gave the
obligatory thumbs up and
escaped relatively unscathed unlike their cars which were
pronounced DOI (Dead on
Impact). On the way home, Dad
Jack played “Another One Bites
The Dust” by Queen from the 8track cassette in the truck.
Taking you back 30 years to 1983
when we played space invaders
on our ZX81s which took 30
minutes to upload from a tape,
the average house price was
£14,000 and a gallon of petrol
was just 79 pence, yes folks - A
GALLON!

Back then the Editor was
probably wearing a shell suit, had
sideburns and carried a mobile
phone the size of a house brick.
He and a work mate had
managed to scrape together
enough money to fund a year’s
racing. Half-way through that first
year he was taken ill and Dad
Jack borrowed his car for a

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Dave Taylor, Belle Vue 1983
Every father should remember that one day his
son will follow his example instead of his advice