“I don’t think there is any race driver that could really tell you why he races. But I think he could probably show you.” Steve McQueen got it spot on. That point of driving on the limit in harmony with the machine is indescribable in words.
It seems there was always a passion for speed with McQueen, be it on two wheels or four, but it also appears to have run ‘in the family’.
My great uncle, Drew, was a fairly handy speedway rider in the 1920s and ’30s and made a good living in the sport. He is also famous for being the first man to climb Ben Nevis on
