BUILT, RACED...& REVERED

I click on the link and download the four-minute video of the Triumph Protea racing at the old Grand Central track. Behind the wheel is John Myers (he designed, built and raced the Protea) and the cameraman is John Mason-Gordon, who commissioned the vehicle. Myers regularly applies corrective lock on the steering wheel. During pit stops, tyre pressures and the intake system are rigorously checked. It makes for fascinating viewing of racecars built by only a few engineers during an era which many regard