Win percy biography examples

British racing driver (born )

Winston Walter Frederick Percy (born 28 September , near Tolpuddle, Dorset) is a British former motor racing driver from England. Percy was British Touring Car Champion three times, and at the time of his retirement was the most successful non-Antipodean driver ever to compete in Australia's premier national motorsport event, the Bathurst km.^[1]Joe Saward of Autosport magazine said he was "often regarded as the World's Number One Touring Car Driver".^[1]

Early years

Percy found his way into motor sport through his first employment as a motor mechanic at his local garage.

His first race was in , in a local time-trial event driving his own road-going Ford Anglia He won, beating drivers of far more powerful cars in the process. While he initially pursued competitive driving as a hobby, his innate talent quickly resulted in many high-placed finishes in national-level races, including taking all three victories in the