Bob Evans
“I started driving for Alan Mckechnie in Formula 3 in 1971 and promptly broke my neck. But, bless him, he was such a wonderful guy that he saw me out of hospital and back into a car.
“We did F3 in 1972 and then bought a Trojan T101 for F5000. It took a while to get to grips with that after a 1600cc F3 car. It was like falling down a lift shaft in a straight line but it was great fun. Then Alan decided to buy a Lola T332, which was the car to have. “I had a very good time in Formula 5000. It was a marvellous era and we lived in a bubble and had a great time. It was mad to take a Formula 5000 car to places like Mondello Park and Mallory Park. Looking back, it was mental and you’d never do it now. “They were incredible cars to race: very unsophisticated by today’s standards but you could get a lot out of them once you got used to that heavy old Chevvy engine .”