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Richard Jenkins has been involved in motor racing research for over 20 years. The first outlet for his work was the website oldracingcars.com, where his “Where Are They Now?” section presents several thousand profiles of racing drivers. His first book, Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker, was published to universal praise in 2020. This book won the Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Award. In his second biography, Mike Spence: Out of the Shadows, he turned his attention to the history of the team rather than the man. His newest book is a comprehensive history of the Tyrrell team titled Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation. The foreword is by Sir Jackie Stewart who drove for Tyrrell for many years, and it is published by EVRO.
SHOW SPONSORS
CAPitalize Your Finances Online Course • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • Cars Yeah TV
INSPIRATION
To tackle a team and man that had received little attention in the book world.
CHALLENGE
In 1984 the Tyrrell team was kicked out of F1 Championship, for allegedly cheating with their race fuel. For Richard, his challenge was a point in the process of writing the book and taking a team mechanic and drivers viewpoint of the history.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE
The Tyrrell 001, the first Tyrrell race car built in 1970. It was the first “raised nose” race car that became commonplace.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation by Richard Jenkins*
Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker by Richard Jenkins*
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Never give up. Always do your best.
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.