Fangio certainly gets onto my shortlist, too. Back in those days drivers were quite accessible, on or off the race track. One year our village held a charity cricket match between our local team and the F1 drivers. It probably raised a few hundred pounds, and for that we had a pavillion full of the stars of the track.
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 11:58:12AM -0500, Christian wrote: > Get to it, Stenquist! I want a copy! :-) I'll see if I can scan and > post a shot I have of "el chueco" at his MB dealership in BsAs that my > parents got. Apparently, he was a very accessible person and always met > with visitors. > > > -- > > Christian > http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I have a film about Fangio that Mercedes-Benz made many years ago. He >> got his start racing on back roads in Argentina in a way that was >> reminiscent of the American good old boys. I think the film is about an >> hour in length, although I haven't watched it recently. It's on >> 3/4-inch tape. One of these days I'm going to buy an old U-Matic and >> convert it and some other tapes to DVD. >> Paul >> On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Christian wrote: >> >>> The last great driver was JM Fangio. :-) I just read his >>> autobiography for the 3rd time. >>> >>> Thanks for posting the link, frank. amazing racing. >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> John Francis wrote: >>>> Jimmy Clark would be my favourite. >>>> I admired Gilles Villeneuve's skill, but considered him to be >>>> more than a little bit reckless - a danger not only to himself >>>> but also to other competitors. >>>> On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 01:10:33AM -0300, Luiz Felipe wrote: >>>>> Make mine Senna, Frank, but I liked Gilles very much indeed. >>>>> Thanks for the link. >>>>> >>>>> frank theriault escreveu: >>>>>> The list is slow today, and I don't start OT threads often, but I >>>>>> couldn't resist this one. I make a point of watching this every >>>>>> couple of months, because it's about the best F1 racing you're ever >>>>>> going to see and because Gilles is my all time fave. This is the 10 >>>>>> minute version, but it's worth watching because it's called by Murray >>>>>> Walker, who's always fun: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3tXJm9tYGM&feature=related >>>>>> >>>>>> The real racing starts about the 5 minute mark. Enjoy. >>>>>> >>>>>> Marnie, don't bother. You won't enjoy... >>>>>> >>>>>> ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> cheers, >>>>>> frank >>>>>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
