AUTHOR RICHARD JENKINS

Richard joined oldracingcars.com in 2002, and the first version of his ‘Where are they now?’ was published in November that year. It initially covered ‘just’ 866 World Championship drivers, without any photographs, but has been developed over 20 years to cover nearly 3,000 individuals across six categories along with nearly 2,500 photographs.

His first book, Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker, was published in 2020 to great acclaim, winning the RAC Motoring Book of the Year Award and the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Montagu Trophy. Two more books have since followed, Mike Spence: Out of the shadows (2021) and Tyrrell: The story of the Tyrrell Racing organisation (2023), both of which won Guild of Motoring Writers’ awards.

Richard is currently working on his fourth book, about March Engineering, and is gaining a reputation for well-researched, readable motor racing books. He still enjoys updating ‘Where are they now?’ He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife, three children and two dogs.

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