‘I am finally going to do what I promised myself I would never do,’ he says as he lowers himself into the seat. In his Youtube Drivetribe channel, Hammond is reunited with his ‘nemesis’, 16 years after the accident. The syndicate are all Bromyardians, John Clayton, Jeremy Holden, Paul Anderton, Massie Piggott, Joy Hoyle, Tracy Weaver, Lawrence Bleasdale and Phil Davies, their common denominator being motor enthusiasts. Want our best stories with fewer ads and alerts when the biggest news stories drop? Download our app on iPhone or Android After its restoration, it is a vehicle of great provenance for static display." "It needed a lot of restoration and we had a lot of help from local volunteers, local businesses and contractors, all people who are petrolheads like us, and Andrew Hurdle and Kieran Westman, who originally developed and raced the car. For example we had Blue Bird one year, another land speed record-breaking car. "We organise Bromyard’s annual speed festival in May each year, and we thought the Vampire would be a great halo car because at previous speed festivals we’ve always had record-holding cars. It’s a car that had a lot of providence and needed to be saved and shown and that’s what we have done." Explained Phil. I’ve always been aware of the Vampire since it was a record racing car back in the 1980s. There were reasons other than Richard Hammond’s ill-fated crash behind their purchase. READ MORE: Richard Hammond returns to wheel of car that almost killed him 16 years ago Phil Davies is part of the Bromyard team, known at The Syndicate, that owns and restored the Vampire back to its former glory. Built in the late 1970s, the car was raced and demonstrated throughout Europe in the 1980s. The Vampire Dragster is a British motor car legend, still holding the national land speed record at 300.3mph. A team of ‘petrolheads’ have restored a record-breaking car that nearly cost Richard Hammond his life in 2006.
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