>Shunt means "accident" especially one involving motor vehicles. Mind you, you >probably already figured that out by Cotty's context. > >I really only bring this up as it reminds me of one of my favourite F1 pilots, >the late James Hunt, aka Hunt the Shunt, who in his early days had some >difficulty in keeping his car on the race track. I think he ended up >winning a >championship, but I can't remember for whom. > >My favourite years of his, by far, was when he was with (and I think the sole >driver for) Team Hesketh, owned by some dotty English Lord,
In fact Lord Hesketh :-) I rmember him well. Hunt, not Hesketh. Yes he ended up commentating on F1 with Murray Walker. After he died, former F1 driver Martin Brundle took over and has proven to be a formidable broadcaster with many insights on the sport through his many contacts. Murray himself retired a few years ago and was replaced by James Alan who is doing well. I didn't watch F1 while Hunt was driving but I gather he lived the full- on racing driver lifestyle involving fast cars and fast women, not to mention fast booze. Toodle-pip wot. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
