Great grandfather of Lewis Galer

Grandfather of Timmy Barnes

Grandfather in law of Diggy Smith

Tribute from the Eastern Daily Press, 22nd July 2019

The stock car fraternity paid tribute to legend and gentleman Horry Barnes at a race meeting. The patriarch of the well-known Dereham stock car racing family was a familiar figure on the circuit for more than 50 years. He passed his love of the sport onto his family and four generations have taken it up.

Mr Barnes, who died aged 90 earlier this month, was celebrated at a meeting in Skegness, Lincolnshire, and at other events across the country.

His son Willie, 62, said "Dad started stock car racing at The Firs in Norwich in 1954. He raced all over the country. He won quite a few different races. He never won a world championships but he won the East Anglian championships and the Midlands."

His car was nicknamed The Remover, as it used to "spin everyone else out of the way", his son said.

"He was a lovely character and a proper stock car man, a proper gentleman. He was driving until he was 90. One time at Yarmouth, when we were both racing, we both rolled over on our sides. Another time we went to Sheffield. We used to travel with a bus, and Frankie Wainman, the Formula One driver, had a new coach. Dad drove his Datsun onto this new coach instead of our bus."