Mike StowMike Stow's colourful memories of his experiences in 1960s motorsport proved invaluable in helping to bring a level of authenticity to John Pearce's story which would otherwise have proved impossible to create. In his youth, Mike was first introducedto John Pearce through their mutual friend David Bueb, soon after David's father (Ivor) died from the injuries he sustained when he crashed his BRP Cooper-Borgward at Clermont-Ferrand. As a young Royal Navy pilot, Mike introduced his childhood friend Robs Lamplough to flying, and Lamplough reciprocated by introducing Mike to motor racing. Mike could just about afford to enter his own cars in Formula 2, Formula 3 and then Formula Atlantic races, but walked away from competition after his friend Graham Coaker (the co-founder of March Engineering) died after a crash during practice for a Formule Libre race at Silverstone in a car which he'd accepted as a pay-off when Mosley, Rees and Herd pushed him out of the company. Mike remembers events, people and even racing car chassis numbers with laser-like accuracy and has no regard for those who continue to distort history to suit their vested interests or egos. Read More Read Less