Kay Petre

[Bill Sheehan]

I never met Kay Petre, but spoke briefly on the 'phone.  She was most graceful and helpful.  Rarely if ever recorded - when I asked her about  the record speed at Brooklands she held for awhile (not in a Seven!), she said she had driven an even faster car.  It was in South Africa, where one of the Auto Union drivers, who took a shine to her, offered her a few laps in his racer.  She emphasised it was really fast - and hinted the driver was too!   Cheers,  Bill in Oz