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Paul Taft is a former multi-championship winning Racing Driver and Scramble bike rider. Since the 1950’s as a ‘works’ supported BSA rider to winning in Honda CRX, Metro Turbo, Renault 5 Turbo and in the British Touring Car Championship he has been at the sharp end of motorsport from rider to racer to instructor to coach, imparting his huge wealth of knowledge to the next generation.He also keeps bees, plays the clarinet and is a big fan of classical music. Since 1997 he has been 59 years old (in Taft years).

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Paul Taft

06:03 Bisto

11:58 Rally Driving and Car Control

35:05 Scrambling and The Isle of Mann TT

42:08 Transition to Motor Racing

49:35 National Service and Military Training

01:01:20 Competition and Career Development

01:14:30 The Art of Car Restoration

01:20:04 The Thrill of Speed and Risk

01:30:09 The Journey into Car Racing

01:43:49 From Sales to the Track

01:55:13 Nostalgic Reflections on Racing Days

02:03:04 Insights in Racing

02:14:34 Overcoming Personal Challenges in Racing

02:25:39 Personal Life and Performance
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