Somewhere on the net should be a photo, and perhaps a story, of a Minor that was indecently fast around the British hillclimb/sprint scene. If I was to take a stab, the driver's surname was Mann and it had a heavily modified - perhaps turbocharged - Rover V8.

I should have consulted Google before starting to type - I will now check because this could be a test of whether I am 'loosing it'