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IAN STRACHAN, AKA MONO

“I edited Fast Car for three years, but it was my life for the best part of a decade. I have so many memories of my time there it’s impossible to highlight just one, but a lot of those memories are focussed on one place, Bruntingthorpe. Bruntingthorpe is a raggedy old ex-RAF base 11 miles south of Leicester. The 4.2 mile loop was covered in loose stones that could destroy a paint job in minutes, but at just under two miles long, the runway was the perfect place to rag the shit out of your car.

We purchased some high-tech timing equipment to calculate acceleration and top speed figures, which was like opening a donut shop next to a police station; people were queuing up for a taste of the action, and to see what their cars could really do.

There was celebration and disappointment in equal measure, but if you’ve never driven your car flat out for two miles in a straight line then let me tell you, it’s not always the bright idea it might sound. There were