Meet the heroes of Le Mans Richard Attwood Born on 4 April 1940 in Wolverhampton, Great Britain. Britain’s Richard “Dickie” Attwood, developed an early enthusiasm for motor racing – inspired by his parent’s car dealership. After graduating from school, he worked as an intern and young engineer for four years at Jaguar; a time that he credits as the technical basis of his later race outings. Until the mid-sixties, he gained extensive racing experience from various club and junior races. From 1963 He started competing with a Lola GT Prototype 1964 Switched to Formula 2 and scored the first victory on the airfield of Aspern near Vienna That same year, BRM gave him a seat in a Formula 1 race car, in which he promptly scored fourth place at Goodwood 1965-67 In Formula 1, Attwood secured respectable results for various manufacturers like Lotus, BRM and Ford – but was never offered a works contract 1969 heralded his great breakthrough when he contested several rounds of the World Championship for Makes in a Porsche 908 Spyder. In the same year, he and Vic Elford drove a sensational race in Le Mans and retired holding the lead with less than four hours to go. At the wheel of the newly- developed 917 he and Brian Redman claimed third place at the 1000 km race in Zeltweg, then called the Austrian Grand Prix 1970 Attwood returned for another crack at Le Mans – this time with Hans Herrmann. With clever tactics and a material-preserving driving style, the team took the lead in the eleventh hour and brought home the first overall victory in Porsche history. The greatest success in Porsche racing history by now. 1970 Attwood retires from active racing .