Don't forget John Cougar Mellankamp's TR6
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From: Paul Richardson <Paul-Richardson@cyberware.co.uk>
To: fot@autox.team.net <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:45 AM
Subject: More Celebrities who owned TR's
>Just off the top of my hat
>
>The late and great F1 world champion Lotus driver Jim Clark, and his F1
>team mate, and champion of several formulas Trevor Taylor, both started
>their racing careers in TR's. Our other world Champion Mike Hawthorn owned
>a Standard Triumph Distributorship. I can't remember if Mike ever raced a
>TR but he often drove one.
>
>Trev Taylor is one of my oldest and closest friends and, prompted by the TR
>driver mail, I've just phoned him for a chat. He asked me to forward his
>best of racing wishes to all the FOT group for 2000. It's a pity Trev is
>not computer minded because he would be a great asset to the group with 30
>years of F3,F2,F1 and sports car experience behind him. I must admit it was
>due to two FOT members and old pals Mordy Dunst and Bill Sohl that I
>eventually got myself 'e-mailed'. They both independantly kept taking the
>piss about my living in the stone age etc. until I took the plunge, and I'm
>ever grateful to them both it's great fun.
>
>Paul
>
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