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Six of McNish's best

As Allan McNish's spectacular career comes to an end, AUTOSPORT sportscar guru GARY WATKINS selects the six drives he reckons are the Scot's greatest

Gary Watkins Dec 18, 2013, 8:32 PM

GETTING ON THE MAP: Laguna Seca 1997
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo

Picked up by Porsche as a test driver at the start of the year and placed with the Roock squad for the Le Mans 24 Hours, McNish was drafted into the German manufacturer's FIA GT Championship squad at the A1-Ring. But it was at the Laguna Seca finale in an extra car that he made his mark.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.