![Sepia image of Kenneth Watkins crossing a finish line in a racing car](/media/44130/k-watkins-racing.jpg?center=0.519774011299435,0.36507936507936506&mode=crop&heightratio=0.5622047244094488188976377953&width=647&rnd=132137110380000000)
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Sports cars
Ken cut a dashing figure in his heyday. A lover of fast cars, he took part in motor racing events during the 1930s, 40s and 50s, including Formula 500 with a Cooper-Norton, and the Daily Mail international race meeting at Silverstone with an Allard Chrysler J2X. His everyday, personal and favourite car was a yellow Ferrari Dino 246GT, nicknamed the Yellow Peril.