Gordon Spice

“Tony Kitchiner, who was a complete and utter nutcase but a lovely man, had a budget of £1500 to build a Formula 5000 car and run it for a season in 1970 and I volunteered to drive it for him.

“I was only 30 at the time and I thought I was on my way to Formula 1! We had a fantastic time but we ran out of money in about July. “I later had a huge accident at Mallory Park in a Formula 5000 Lola T332, which was the end of my single-seater career but we went on to race touring cars and Group C sportscars.”