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Later, Lotus F1 man Jackie Oliver took the saloons in a Mustang and a handsome metallic-blue sports racer called the Felday took everyone by surprise; this was powered by a two-liter BRM V-8 and utilized four-wheel drive, very useful on a circuit with patchy ice caused by a hard overnight frost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meetings like this were very popular\u2014the attending crowds would be the envy of any event organizer today. I was enthralled but it was 18 months before I realized there was another race circuit offering equally good fields, not that far from my home and, in those days before I had, or could conduct, any form of motorized transport. 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