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One thing striking about the tale of our extraordinary readers’ Q&A guest this week Tommy Byrne, was when interest in him renewed following the book and film of recent years, many – even plenty motorsport buffs – were oblivious of it.

In large part it’s down to the age. Were Byrne’s path replicated these days we would have no shortage of footage of the crushing progress. But sadly, in Byrne’s time, junior formulae footage was rare.

Still you can get a glimpse of Byrne’s talents withwatch?v=5PUn1H44YX0. You’ll notice a familiar co-commentator too…