Gordon Spice

Six-time class winner, 1975-80

The best battle I ever had was with Tom Walkinshaw at Brands Hatch, the last race of the 1976 year. I was well ahead in the points – Tom had to win and for me to come nowhere for him to win the class championship.

At the first corner Tom came inside me and hit us both off. I then hit him off at Druids. We were like a couple of stock car racers. We were well down the order at the end. As far as I was concerned it was job done because I’d won the championship. As far as Tom was concerned it was job done because I didn’t win the race.

We could both have lost our licences so we decided to support each other in front of the stewards. Tom was brilliant – ‘No, Gordon would never do anything like that.’ We both got off with a warning, which was a good result as we both deserved to lose our licences.