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I've been a busy bee (general life updates)

Firstly, I owe you an apology. In my last newsletter, I told you that photo cells (or beams) are used as a backup for timing circuit races. I’ve since...

Teaching you everything I know about timekeeping (infodump #1 of many)

February 16, 2025

I’m making the assumption that you subscribe to this newsletter because you enjoy (at least sometimes, depending on whether your fave is doing well or not)...

Growing up in motorsport valley (my life history)

February 9, 2025

I grew up listening to the sound of racing cars in my garden. We lived fewer than 5,000 metres from Silverstone circuit when I was little. I have distant...

Competitive Driving (according to drivers in 1964)

February 2, 2025

There’s one bookshop in Brackley. It’s in an old hall, the kind of place that looks like a house and that has a heavy, solid front door. The first time I...