VBH - Vicki Butler-Henderson the celebrity TV presenter, motoring expert and racing driver talks to asrecommended about her life and cars.
How did you first get into cars?
VBH: My father used to be in the British Karting team so it was natural that I got a kart too, except it was powered by an engine from a lawn mower. But it gave me the appetite to go faster and at 12 I started racing, then by 17 I had become a racing instructor at Silverstone. Fun though it was I needed to begin a ‘serious’ career and took my first job as editorial assistant at a magazine called Car Mechanics. The magazine sent me on an editorial course at the popular Max Power magazine and I was subsequently offered a promotion as Staff Writer for the magazine and then road tester for Auto Express and What Car? This ultimately led to a phone call from Top Gear saying they were after the female appeal.
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