{"id":496841,"date":"2017-08-01T04:55:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T11:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=49148"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:09:34","slug":"jeremy-rivers-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Following the demise of motor racing during the Second World War years, there were those enthusiastic individuals, at a very much grassroots level, who championed the cause for a revival of motorsport immediately following the cessation of hostilities. Alec Francis Rivers-Fletcher, known simply as \u201cRivers,\u201d who once worked under the tutelage of W.O. Bentley himself, was one such enthusiast who throughout his life constantly banged the drum for motor racing. VR\u2019s European Editor, Mike Jiggle, caught up with Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher, the son of \u201cRivers,\u201d to talk about his father\u2019s life and legacy.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_562561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-562561\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-562561 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-562561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>The name \u201cRivers-Fletcher\u201d seems to be very well known in motor racing circles. Although you\u2019ve been competing in hill-climbs and club circuit events, if I may politely say, you haven\u2019t been particularly successful, so why is the name so well known?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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VR\u2019s European Editor, Mike Jiggle, caught up with Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":562554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,11272,261,18114],"tags":[12448,1709,465,7050,5469,14703,1433,11657,415,5545,548,18435,11858,11636,14113,12248,15643,11377,15478,16462],"class_list":["post-496841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bugatti","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-people","tag-brdc","tag-alvis","tag-bentley","tag-british-racing-motors","tag-bugatti","tag-bugatti-type-35","tag-cooper","tag-grand-prix","tag-jaguar","tag-jaguar-xk120","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-jack-brabham","tag-malcolm-campbell","tag-mike-jiggle","tag-raymond-mays","tag-rubery-owen","tag-stirling-moss","tag-w-o-bentley","tag-interview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Jiggle sits down with the man whose father was mainly responsible for British racing\u2019s\u2008revival after WWII.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Jiggle sits down with the man whose father was mainly responsible for British racing\u2019s\u2008revival after WWII.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-01T11:55:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:09:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Jiggle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Jiggle\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"18 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike Jiggle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8b1ab1b112ff2ea98e8442ef7cc46703\"},\"headline\":\"Jeremy Rivers-Fletcher\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-01T11:55:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:09:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/\"},\"wordCount\":3759,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/jeremy-rivers-fletcher\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/INT201708-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(BRDC) British Racing Drivers' Club\",\"Alvis\",\"Bentley\",\"BRM\",\"Bugatti\",\"Bugatti Type 35\",\"Cooper\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Jaguar\",\"Jaguar XK120\",\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"People\",\"People (Jack Brabham)\",\"People (Malcolm Campbell)\",\"People (Mike Jiggle)\",\"People (Raymond Mays)\",\"People (Rubery Owen)\",\"People (Stirling Moss)\",\"People (W.O. 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