Denis Welch

[3] Welch was particularly noted for his red 1959 Austin-Healey 3000, nicknamed The Bulldog and with registration 6200 NO, which he drove to great success in a flamboyant, oversteering style.

[4][5] He purchased the car in 1979 and fully restored it, going on to win a multitude of races including the Eifel Classic at the Nürburgring Nordschleife and events at Bathurst.

[8][9] Along with son Jeremy, he drove the car to a narrow second in the 1997 Motor Classic Six Hours of Spa, only losing the lead in the final half-hour when a backmarker cost them a penalty.

[14] A selection of his Formula Junior victories were at Dijon-Prenois in 2001,[15] at the Nürburgring in 2001 and 2004,[16][17] at Pau in 2001,[18] in the wet and the dry at Donington Park in 2004 and 2005,[19][20] at Monza in 2004 for the closest finish ever recorded at the circuit (0.003 s),[13][21] and at Silverstone in 2008.

I’d never classed myself as that good a driver, but to see Stirling Moss half out of his car, waving and cheering as I came in, was incredible.