DOWN THE PUB
He followed his father
“My dad Glenn was racing when I was really young and we were brought up on it. Dad helped me build my first Clubmans car and we moved on from there. Each time we built a car I learnt a bit more as an engineer and as a driver.”
He raced at a high level
“I moved up through Clubmans racing and got up to GT racing. I went to British GT for a couple of seasons and then the Le Mans Series and back into British GT again.”
GP2 engineering followed
“After the driving side of my career in British GT started to phase out I started to work in GP2 for isport. I designed and developed a race simulator and then ended up on the engineering team. Then we started a family and decided that all the travel wasn’t ideal.”
Historics beckoned
“My passion was really being involved in all of the car and I like to get my hands dirty. I’d always had an interest in historics so I set up Lifetime Racing. We started off running a few people we knew, including Andy Langridge. We restored a Lotus Europa for him and it just went from there.”
He’s restored two Lotus Elans
“I built a Lotus Elan, which I raced at the Oulton Park Gold Cup and got second in class, and that got us noticed a bit. We restored another Elan, which we are now running for Will and Michael Goff in the Guards Trophy. I’m now restoring an Elva for Mark Halstead.”
He starred in a Lotus 61
“We restored the Lotus 61 Formula Ford for Andy Langridge and I raced it at Castle Combe last month. You always want to be at the front, but the 61 is not the most competitive car in Historic Formula Ford. I thought we’d be towards the front, but I didn’t expect to lead at the end of the first lap and finish second.”
Historics is the focus
“If a car that is not expected to be at the front is doing well, then it shows that we’re doing our job well. There is a good business model for us in historic racing. I can set-up the cars and show the owners that the car is right and they can jump in it with confidence and push to their limits.”