About the Author

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Bill Boddy was editor of MotorSport from 1934 for some 50 years. He first went to Brooklands Track in 1927 and was with Brooklands Track & Air for two and half years from 1931. Bill wrote five books about it, the last going to three editions and now in new MRP history and he also wrote for aviation magazines. He was employed by MAP at Farnborough for the duration of WW2, on Air Publications, and is still a regular contributor to MotorSport as its founder editor.