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Daredevil Anthony reluctantly ends his motor racing career at the age of 85

A daredevil pensioner has reluctantly decided to retire from his motor racing career - at the age of 85.

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Anthony Fenwick-Wilson

Claverley businessman Anthony Fenwick-Wilson says the "will is willing" but that Old Father Time and his "vets" have decreed that his days of racing his 1935 straight-eight Railton are sadly over.

"I feel b****y awful about it," said Mr Fenwick-Wilson. "They tried to stop me before with my artificial hips and heart attacks.

"I have had to stop now because I am losing my sense of balance and you can't have that on fast corners."

Mr Fenwick-Wilson added that he "can’t really complain though.

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