Sad to hear that Dave Brodie is reported to be no longer with us. I first became aware of him when I was a school kid, buying a poster of his well known Mk1 Escort ‘Run Baby Run’. Dave was similarly successful in a modsports Lotus Elan in a similar livery.
I saw him race many times including at my first visit to Silverstone in 1978 when he brought his Touring Class Capri III, shared with Dave Matthews home a respectable 13th.
He raced a string of turbo cars including Sierra Cosworths Mitsubishi Starions before venturing to Le Mans for a one off outing in 1994.
By this time he had co founded the BBR tuning business which carries on to this day and will be known to many owners on this forum.
Alongside all of these activities Dave was a close friend of Super Swede Ronnie Peterson, with whom IIRC he was involved in a double marriage when Ronnie married Barbro. He also had some involvement with Frank Williams through the Williams hey days in the 90’s.
Dave was a brilliant after dinner speaker and could keep his audience laughing, often at his own expense with endless tales from the top echelons of the sport in the 1970’s and 80’s. Less well known was his work supporting new talent coming into the sport through his work with the BRDC.
My sincerest condolences to Daves family, friends and many fans.
