Colin Martin RNW UK editor
I have been a motor racing fan for many years, starting as a young child (with my older brother) at my then local circuit, Ingliston near Edinburgh, Scotland.
The first formula 1 race I attended was the infamous British GP at Brands Hatch in 1976. After this I attended the British GP most years until the early 90s. During the 80s and 90s I also tried to visit at least one overseas GP each season.
In the 80s I made my first trip to the Le Mans 24 hour race as both Jaguar and Ecurie Ecosse were making their return to the event. This became an annual trip until I moved abroad to work for a number of years in the US, South Africa, Ireland and Japan.
In 1993 I took a year off work to travel around Europe following the Formula 1 races, taking in a number of other other race meetings during the trip.
During the late 80s and early 90s I was a marshall at Ingliston and Knockhill before helping a friend run a Vauxhall Nova in the Knockhill races.
While working abroad in the 90s and early 00s I attended the Canadian ,US, Australian and Japanese GPs and various other US race meetings.
I have recently started visiting Le Mans again, in 2015 and 2017.
This season I plan to attend the race meetings at Knockhill and make another visit to Le Mans.
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