Memories of the year: Beating my racing hero
In the latest of our Memories of 2011 series, Ben Anderson recalls the weekend at Snetterton when he came face to face, or rather, bumper to bumper, with his original motorsport hero
Last year, I got to interview my Formula 1 idol Damon Hill about his 'Race of my Life' at Suzuka in 1994.
I thought it couldn't get any better than that, but in 2012 I got to compete against my first motor racing hero - Clive Richards - in a Ginetta G40 Challenge race.
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