Summary
THINK fast cars at this time of year and it's Formula 1, Button and Hamilton heroes to small boys, those apprentice petrol-heads jabbering of McLaren and Ferrari, Red Bull and Brawn with circuits from Melbourne to Malaysia as familiar to TV viewers as the Millennium Stadium.
But once upon a time the place to see the world's fastest cars and their legendary drivers was right here in Wales - where, on a magical day in 1926, one of our own, a Welshman, became the fastest man on land who ever lived.See the full content of this document
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Thomas, a Welsh Hero Who Was High On Speed
His name was John Godfrey Parry Thomas and he set his world record on Pendine Sands, where triumph would soon be followed by tragedy.
He was one of an elite band of between-the-wars paladins who quit...See the full content of this document
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