#25 - Paul Taft

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 #dontliftoff #honda #crx #mgmetroturbo #racingdriver #motorsport #btcc