Peter McFadyen has photographed motor sport since the 1960s' and his work has appeared in many books, including the leading annual, Autocourse. For many years, he contributed photographs and race reports from Oulton Park, Aintree, Donington and other UK circuits to magazines such as Motoring News (now Motorsport News), and especially Autosport. His first volume in the Those were the days series covered racing at Oulton Park in the 1960s, and was published in 2006. Currently, Peter races a Lotus Elan in the Classic Sports Car Club's (CSCC) Swinging Sixties series and other classic races. He is also a member of the Lotus Driver's Club, for whom he has served as competition secretary, and as Editor of the club's magazine, Chicane, to which he is still a regular contributor.