John says he had seen his bus in the background of various photos on this website, so he thought it was time he got his car on it! He raced between approximately 1975 and 1982, before emigrating to Canada.

A fire when racing at Coventry, the photo being taken by an alert spectator. THe fire was caused by a broken oil pipe to the pressure gauge, emitting oil onto the hot exhaust pipe. The reason for John's car being airborne < is that he was making a beeline for the fire steward and bounced over the curb, shooting the flames upwards. Once John had stopped the car and turned the engine off, the fire went out. No damage, and he was racing at Brafield the following day. Looks pretty spectacular though!

John, from Rugby, raced a 390 Oldsmobile engine for much of the time, but found out too late, that it was pretty underpowered. By renting a Frankie Wainman hire car for Skegness and Brafield, he found out what he had been missing by not having a 454 Chevy! John scored more points in those two meetings in 1981 than he had all year.