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We're joined by Grant Williams this week, a third generation classic Jaguar racer who is a crowd favourite out on track.

Starting from pole position in his first race, to winning the championship in the first year, to wowing the fans at Goodwood events going sideways at every opportunity.

It’s fair to say racing is in his blood. It started with his Grandfather, who with a few friends used to all race on the same license, keeping a bucket of water on the paddock to cool the drum brakes between races!

He regularly races BUY 1 which was first bought by his Grandfather from the factory team as it had disc brakes and kept beating him! Grant has also recently bought back his father's Mk2 Jaguar wide body 'lightweight' project which will be powered by 700hp V12 race engine, and features 19” wide rear wheels from an F1 car!

Other cars of note include a 3 door Range Rover tow car, and a Mk3 Ford Escort Van that used to tow the Jag behind it.
Grant would travel in the car, and his Dad would drive the van - when they got to a hill, Grant fired up the race car and pushed the van along, helping it get to the top!!

You can follow the whole project on YouTube.

Grant Williams - YouTube

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We’re joined by James Blaze this week who has found himself the custodian of his late father’s car collection.

The story starts with Citroen 2CVs and moves through a Peugeot 505 estate that he welded seat belt brackets into and toured around Europe.

His father became interested in motor trials and picked Skodas as his weapon of choice, before getting introduced to Porsches, firstly with a 924, then a Turbo before a run of 968s, including several Clubsport models.

We first saw James on Jonny Smiths Late Brake Show - watch the video here.

https://youtu.be/w_Y1i1qWo1M?si=A-8aGQzSl7g0La3_

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We're joined by Charlotte Vowden, Motoring journalist, automotive adventurer and presenter.

Her story with cars hasn't always been a passion. It starts with her Grandads Mk3 Escort, and how he would pick her up from school and 'save her' from the bullies who would throw footballs at her head as she made her way to the gate.

The car was nothing special, except it really was special.

Her Dad was a mobile mechanic, so was busy working a lot of the time, but his skills have really come into their own in more recent years as Charlotte inherited an MGA roadster from her other Grandfather, and she's been on a number of life affirming roadtrips since taking over the ownership.

From driving the length of the UK on sustainable fuel, to mimic the 1000 mile test from days gone by, to driving to Nordcapp, the furthest accessible point north, in Norway.

Please do follow what Charlotte gets up to on Instagram, where you'll also find photos from her car based adventures.

Charlie V (@charlottevowden) • Instagram photos and videos

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