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CASTLE COMBE’S RECORD BREAKER

Castle Combe Circuit is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2020, and the venue’s most successful driver isn’t far behind that same number in terms of victories – and he’s spent far less than 70 years racing. Even before the truncated current season got under way late due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gary Prebble was far and away the Wiltshire venue’s ‘winningest’ driver.

And in many ways Prebble has been making up for lost time. He’s taken seven outright wins at Combe in the space of just three months to move his total tally at the venue to 67, continuing his undisputed dominance at the circuit, and a further four victories further afield have thrust

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