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Having Lived A Life Alain de Cadenet

obit uary

Racing driver known as ?he Cad?who once came t hird at Le
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Mans and found fame on t elevision shows such as Channel

4?s Ride On

Tuesday July 05 2022, 12.01am,
Reprint ed wit h permission by The Times./ News Licensing
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Alain de Cadenet claimed t o have t aken up occasions when he t ook part in t he event .
mot or racing because ?I t hought it would be a ?I?m compelled t o keep t rying unt il I win
good way of at t ract ing gorgeous women?. because I believe I can, and in a car built in a
Speaking t o t he News of t he World in 1996 he London mews,? he said before t he following
added: ?I had a friend who was racing and it year ?s race, in which he came fift h. While
impressed me t hat you could do as well as he did most compet it ors had mult imillion-pound
wit h t he women. So we formed a lit t le t eam and backing from manufact urers such as Porsche
yes, it worked.? or Renault , de Cadenet remained a largely

He built his own cars, achieving a personal best self-funded privat eer, wit h only a few
of t hird in t he Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1976 in t housand pounds of sponsorship.
his modified version of t he Lola T380, one of 15

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