It’s funny how history doesn’t always reward the victor. The Vauxhall was designed by the inspired Laurence Pomeroy while his boss, Vauxhall’s chief designer F W Hodges, was on holiday.

After achieving a mind-blowingly fast quarter-mile time of 6.59 seconds at 220mph, this rather modified 1972 Vauxhall Victor has once again become the fastest street-legal drag racing car in the ...