Trevor Taylor’s life as a racing driver began on a windswept airfield at Gamston, Nottinghamshire, England. His father held a time trial between him and his older brother, Mike. The track was a straight, a hairpin bend and back to the start. Trevor, driving the X100 they had just built, won by about a second, qualifying himself as driver and his brother Mike as mechanic. There was never any quarrel or conversation between the boys about a rematch—that was that….
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