It was in 1967, on the Island of Antigua in the West Indies, that Jack became very active in motor sports, and eventually realized his long-time dream of owning and driving (and winning!) a real race car.

In 1968 Jack met a fellow motor sports enthusiast, Charlie Moore, who hailed from Canada. Charlie had raced cars on the ice in the Great White North, before warming up in Barbados, West Indies. While in Barbados he acquired a Lotus Seven and brought it with him to Antigua. Jack and Charlie became fast friends and Jack learned about handling a car at speed through the instruction of his Canadian friend. At that time the motor sports scene was very active in the Caribbean, especially in British Guyana.

Over a few beers one night (all too familiar, eh?) Charlie suggested forming a race team to compete with the other teams from Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica, and the U.K. At the time Guyana was the hot-spot for racing in the Caribbean, hosting two major events each year.

The Antigua Autosports Club was already participating in time trials and rallies on the island. AAC membership included access to a variety of celebrations, sports car related and otherwise-- the parties were often events in themselves!

To the delight of the local Rootes dealer, the majority of the cars in the club were Sunbeam Alpines. Most of cars were of 4-cylinder variety, however there were several V8 Tigers as well. Austin Healey Sprites, MG's, Hillman Imps, a couple of Cortinas and a lone Lotus Seven rounded out the club's membership.