Hamster’s Vampire Bites
September 21st, 2006
Richard Hammond, star of Top Gear and Brainiac has been seriously hurt when his 280mph Vampire jet-car crashed. He’s reportedly in a ’serious but stable condition’ in the LGI. I hope he’s gong to be OK.
The accident happened at Elvington raceway, close to where I grew up. I remember hearing the distant buzzing of souped-up run-what-ya-brung Minis and Renault 5s blatting down the quarter mile from my grandma’s garden. While at university, I took my friend’s Mini 1300 down the strip at Elvington a few times, making it to the end in about 25 exhilarating seconds – I can only imagine what was going through Richard Hammond’s mind while upside down at 5 times that speed… with a giant firework attached to his car!
More Hammond firework action… Get well soon!