When the family car was written off, mother of five Margaret McEwen-King, decided to replace it with a Formula Ford machine.

Margaret spoke to Nationwide about her dream of becoming a racecar driver and reflected on the balance between family life and time on the track.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 4 January, 1977.



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