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Feb 2023
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That Time We… Met The Man Who Attempted ...

Immediate Media The Top Gear Magazine Podcast
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It's time for another story behind a story from the Top Gear Magazine archive. This time, Rowan Horncastle talks about the time he went to Japan to meet tuning legend Smokey Nagata two decades after he was caught attempting 200mph on a British road.

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