Jenks’ close shave

Simon Taylor’s article about Jochen Rindt and Denis Jenkinson’s beard (Full throttle, September) brought back some happy memories.

When I was at Le Mans in 1970 with a chum, we spotted ‘Jenks’ (below) wandering around by himself, sans beard. We asked him what had happened to it, and he told us the Rindt story. I believe he shaved it off at Watkins Glen.

By the way, sleeping in an MG Midget is not to be recommended!

Christopher Boyce

Arundel, West Sussex