Paul,
Considering how he did, The whole idea was probably scrapped with the
car!
Joe
Paul Richardson wrote:
>
> Hi Fellow FOTers
>
> Adrian Conan Doyle, the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, entered a road race
> in France called '6 Heures Du Foret,' run near St Etienne in 1957. He
> bought a brand new race prepared 2 litre Ferrari 500TRC from Modena
> specifically for the race. With no experience ( and very little ability) he
> decimated the Ferrari in a series of off road crashes, and after his final
> crash, which put him out, there wasn't a straight panel on it. He entered
> the race to find out what driving a racing sports car in a road race was
> like whilst 'researching for a book'.
>
> My question is, has anyone read a book, or heard of a book, by Adrian
> Conan Doyle that includes a motor race? His research nearly cost him his
> life several times, and must have hit his pocket even harder. No one seems
> to know where his 'Research' ended up.
>
> Paul
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