Motorcycle racing Anderson was born in
Hendon in the north of London and later lived in
Haynes, Bedfordshire. He trained as an agricultural engineer, though left after a year and got a job as a mechanic in a local machinery dealer. Anderson began to compete in the Grand Prix world championships in
1958, scoring another second place result behind
Geoff Duke at the 350cc
Swedish Grand Prix. Anderson entered Formula One in
1963 with his own
Lola Mk4 car, under the guise of
DW Racing Enterprises, a small team compared to other private outfits such as
Scuderia Filipinetti or
Rob Walker Racing Team. DW was actually only composed of Anderson and a small team of mechanics. Despite this hindrance he took the flexible little Lola to victory in the non-Championship
Rome Grand Prix in that first year. In later years he ran private
Brabham cars under the same banner, with his best result a third place in the
1964 Austrian Grand Prix. He was awarded the
Von Trips Memorial Trophy as the most successful private entrant of
1964. ==Racing record==