David Hobbs

David Hobbs is a British race car driver who has lived the life we should all have enjoyed. He's traveled the world racing the finest in automobiles of every type. Also a true raconteur and bon vivant, he actually got paid to talk about racing for the rest of us on CBS Television.

The automotive press certainly took notice when Atley hired Hobbs to drive their new Camaro in the Trans-Am Championship chase. As did the competing drivers, who knew quite well of his experience and exploits in many race cars and various series.

Hobbs had been noticed from his earliest race beginnings in his mom’s Morris Oxford and his dad’s Jaguar XK140 (which both ended up inverted, the Jag in its first race and the Morris on the way to a race).

His early peers were fellow hopeful beginning racers like Pete Arundell, Jimmy Clark, Mike Spence, and Denny Hulme. Colin Chapman called to borrow his specially modified Lotus Elite for Jimmy Clark to drive.

Young Dave apprenticed and later drove for Jaguar, and he drove early Lolas and even Lotus Cortinas for their factories.

Graduate school for him was places like the Nurburgring, LeMans, Silverstone, Sebring, Daytona, Monaco, Rouen-Les-Essarts, Reims, and Goodwood.

And he ran with (and against) driver such as Phil Hill, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart – in fact all the racing luminaries of the golden days.

David’s stories are not just a history of the sport, but they provided an excellent education in speed, racing, and resilience that provided a gazillion lessons preparing him for the glorious year he spent in the DeAtley Trans-Am Camaro.