My first introduction to motor racing was to drive an "Ulster" Austin in a 1934 Brooklands Mountain Handicap, without success.  This was followed the Singer in which I had won a Glacier Cup in the 1934 International Alpine Trial.

In 1935 I took delivery of a Vale Special powered by a proto-type 1.5 litre Coventry-Climax engine, which I drove in Irish races as well as Brooklands and Donington with varying success.

At about this time I was working at University Motors demonstrating MGs and was offered one of the new MG single-seater 'R'-Types at a very advantageous price and I drove it in several races at Donington as well as hillclimbs and speed trials, but it was not a staisfactory car due largely to it's suspension design.  In the same year I was spare driver to the MG team of NE Magnettes in the Tourist Trophy race on the ARDES circuit near Belfast.

For the 1936 season I acquired a 2.6 "Monza" Alfa Romeo and drove it mainly in Irish races, which included winning the unlimited class in the Leinster Trophy race.  I also drove it that year in the Donington Grand Prix and finished creditably high in view of the more modern competition.

In 1937 I bought ERA R6B and was invited to compete in the Swedish Winter Grand Prix in which I finished 2ns.  Later in the year I drove it in a number of long and short races at Brooklands and Donington where, due to retirements, I could only manage one 2nd.  At the Crystal Palace, however, I was 2nd to Raymond Mays in the London Grand Prix.

In 1938 I drove R6B in 17 events, which included a course record for the Syston Speed Trials and several high finishes in long and short races at Brooklands, Donington, Crystal Palace, etc.  This included 8th in the British Grand Prix at Donington which was won by Nuvolari and dominated by the Mercedes and Auto-Unions.  Also in 1938 I was co-driver with Tom Lace in his Talbot Largo when we finished 5th in the Tourist Trophy at Donington.

I acquired the Talbot Largo from Tom Lane and drove it very successfully in 1939 at Brooklands and Donington winning many short races and being awarded the BRDC Gold Star for track racing.  I also achieved the sports car record for Shelsley Walsh in the same year Rob Walker invited me to drive with him in his Delahaye at Le Mans and we finished 8th after trouble with the exhaust manifold.

After the War I bought ERA R5B and entered the first post-war European race: the Grand Prix des Nations at Geneva and failed to qualify for the final due to trouble with the gear selector.  Subsequently I drove R5B only in hillclimbs and speed trials as motor racing had not yet got going in England.

Whilst the BRDC was getting going again I sat on the Committee for a while under the chairmanship of Earl Howe and was involved with negotiations with the Daily Express for running the Empire Trophy Race at Silverstone, which ultimately led to the acquisition of Silverstone by the BRDC.

In 1947 I made an arrangement with Raymond Sommer to drive his spare 4CLT Maserati in the Grands Prix at Rheims, Pau, Nice and Albi.  Mechanical problems prevented good results but I think that I finished his ERA with him in the French Grand Prix at Lyons and we finished 7th.

In 1948 I was invited by Dudley Folland to drive his 2 litre Aston Martin with him in the Spa 24hr race.  After taking over Ford the final spell, when we were leading the race, I ran out of road in the pouring rain and had to retire.  A few weeks later we finished 3rd in the same car at Monteherry in the Paris 12hr race, that was my last race.