| abstract | - In 1993, Peel played a recording of Brian Sewell reading the lyrics of The Beatles track 'Her Majesty'. This was taken from The Exotic Beatles compilation album, which featured alternative cover versions of Beatles tracks. Apart from that, the two men might have seemed to have little in common, but both were car enthusiasts who shared a liking for stock car racing. Peel may well have become aware of the sport during his time in the USA but when he returned to Britain he certainly found out about the British stock car scene, due to the advertising for race meetings on Radio London when he was working on the station (as on the show of 01 July 1967). In those days DJs would make guest appearances at stock car race meetings, among them Johnnie Walker, who took part in races in the late 1960s until a crash left him requiring hospital treatment. In later life, Peel attended meetings at Foxhall Stadium in Ipswich and in 2003 told The Guardian that "I go to stock car racing whenever I can" (Guardian Guide, Dec.27, 2003 - Jan. 2, 2004, p.7). Brian Sewell started going to stock car race meetings at Wimbledon Stadium in the 1970s and in 2010 made a programme about his enthusiasm for the sport for BBC Radio, Stock Car Sewell.
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