He can't do anything without being referred to as "the former Stig from Top Gear."
This story from Car+Driver has him driving a Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R up the Goodwood Hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed which is on this weekend. I look forward to the highlights show on ITV4.
Maybe one year I'll make the effort to get down there. This year I made the effort to check out their Website. I then got distracted by this story on it. I love old Volvos - especially the ones I saw at Oulton Park competing in the British Touring Car Championships in the '90s. So much so that I have a signed print (signed by driver Tim Harvey and also by the artist) of a drawing of them in action at Brands Hatch in my hall.
The picture is in my hall, Brands Hatch isn't.
Anyway, this is why I was drawn to that story:
It's a Volvo 240T Touring Car! That I'd never heard of. But that is because it competed in the European Touring Car Championships in the '80s.
At this point I got distracted by the thought that I wish they were still competing - after all, back in 2012, I found this story about a new Volvo Touring Car.
So, a quick bit of Internet research led me to the Scandinavian Touring Car Championships where Volvos have been very successful of late and they seem to have more manufacturers taking part too - including the likes of Dacia.
Now, the first Formula e race of the weekend has just started so I'll go and watch that.
Some say I get easily distracted... ... ooh look, a duck.
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