Perhaps it’s an exaggeration to call that day on the cricket field life-changing, but the experience has certainly had a profound effect on the life of Tommy Roberts. “I’m 55 years old now,” explains Tommy, “and I was 14 back then. I was playing cricket one Friday near Yateley in Surrey and a yellow Plymouth Superbird drove past. I heard the V8 roar, saw that massive rear wing and I was captivated. I didn’t know what sort of car it was, but one of the kids there did. He explained it was a Superbird and it belonged to a local guy named Blondie. I always wanted a chance to see that car close up.”
David ‘Blondie’ Melbourne was a celebrated stock car driver/banger racer and was often also known as ‘The Guv’ since he headed a team of racers; a team which produced two world champions in the early
