Derek was born in 1930, his first brush with driving came in 1943 at an ‘American Day’ for the GIs at Burtonwood. General Patton was on a goodwill tour and asked a 12-year-old Derek if he liked the Jeep accompanying his official car. A smart ‘Yes sir’ resulted in General Patton surprise directive to the driver to let the young Annable have a drive in it. Just able to reach the pedals, a lifetime love of anything vehicular started right there. By his twenties he was racing 500s, initially he drove a Cooper before switching to one of the first production Kieft's.

He put in some respectable performance including third in a Kieft at Castle Combe in May 1952, third in a heat at Goodwood at the Whitsun meeting and third at Brands Hatch later in June.

Later Derek moved into drag racing and now lives in Anglesey.

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