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A la recherche du temps trouvé…

Born in south London in 1950, Kevin initially wanted to be a painter, but his father, a surgeon, was keen for him to learn to drive. Of course, most artists can also drive a car, but Kevin’s instruction was rather more involved than the usual routine. One day, a casual comment about the historic Brooklands Race Track from his teacher, a former police pursuit instructor, set in motion Kevin’s life and career.

“As we lived not far away, I went to see it. It was eerie – a disused banked track with weeds growing through the concrete. I started researching and found there were no books on it in print,

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