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DEREK BELL

NASCAR is an alien concept to those brought up on a diet of right-as well as left-hand turns. Cars going round and round, endlessly turning in one direction for three hours. How hard can it be? Surely, anyone could do it.

You couldn’t be more wrong. I have attempted most forms of motor sport spanning half a century, whether it has been autocross and hillclimbs, or sprints and rallies, in addition to my day job as a circuit racer. I always enjoyed trying new things. I never did get my bum

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