[Raceboy]

Two of my old "Yumping Yarns' heroes died at the weekend driving their Subaru on a rally in the USA. When I first began doing cartoons in the 1980's these two along with other characters like Russell Brookes and Jimmy McRae dominated the British Rally scene and I happily took the piss out of them over the next few years. The above cartoon shows 'Shovell' and 'Binky' doing what they did best, getting lost! This was during a recce on a Dutch Rally. The stages ran through a NATO army base and the two had decided to update their pace notes. Unfortunately there was a military exercise on at the time, conducted with live ammunition! It didn't deter them and they finished their notes while grenades and mortar rounds exploded all round them!