I will personally present everything to him on August 10th. THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED!

People like Stirling Moss and Duncan Hamilton are names everyone recognizes, because they were well known drivers. The truth is Sir William Lyons could always find a good driver and replace them but he could not afford to lose Norman. Finding someone who can not only drive, but develop is another story, more than that it is a very, very rare talent.

This is why Sir William did not want Norman to race - he could not replace him. It is ironic that the reason Norman is not more well known is because of how important he really was to Jaguar. For instance, he did the development work on the Disc brakes (which anyone who drives a car today should appreciate).

Norman's very copious and extensive notes of the time are a goldmine of information for historians and he is still a spellbinding master speaker at Jaguar events worldwide. He was a driver at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK behind the wheel of an original D-Type (XKC401).

Norman actually drove in the 1955 Le Mans and finished 5th in the Goodwood 9 Hours race in 1955 driving OKV 2. He has recently been made an honourary member of the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) - a wonderful recognition of the man and something he had wanted to achieve all his life.

His next excursion is at Monterey, California in August where he should be at the wheel of OKV 2 once again, now aged a sprightly 80!

I talked to him afterward and found out the engine had the two carbs, special cooling, belly pans and a low ratio rear end to obtain the desired speed. He was told to keep the RPM at a certain point but went about 600 over and said the engine still had more, but he didn't.