Speaking of famous people...in other people's cars...
BS Levy drove the Red Rat Bastard at Road America once ...
it scared him so much, he did one lap and pulled in...
and it's never easy to get Burt out of a racecar...
WST
Flounder
team Thicko
----- Original Message -----
From: larry gallo <agallo@pcfl.net>
To: Tony Drews <tmccis@revealed.net>
Cc: <mdunst@smtplink.coh.org>; <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: crack-up at the historics
> Gentlemen, it was NOT Phil Hill but SMOSS who used Tim Samway's DBR1
> to Earnhart Vic Edelbrock's Lister (not seriously from what I could see)
and
> what could perhaps have been Terry Larson's D Jag (if it actually
started -- I
> hadn't seen it in the Paddock.)
>
> Phil on Saturday told me (rather ruefully), that he had NO OTHER RIDE
> Sat or Sun. beyond the 1923 Stutz after it coasted to the fence under my
nose
> @ the Dunlop bridge on the first lap of an earlier race. Upon hearing
that, I
> remembered I had a sample chocolate Balance Bar from the midway which
> I pushed thru the chainlink fence as an offering in the proper Mille
Miglia
> fashion, and which he evidently appreciated (needing something to bite
down
> upon!)
>
> The Moss information I gleaned from a fellow at the airport later, since I
was
> spectating from the downhill turns totally opposite the pit straight.
"Tarnish"
> had the same lack of consideration for a pair of GT350s two years ago, &
> Earle barred him from driving the Daytona Cobra the next day. It might
> be why he was not in evidence last year, and I rather suspect next year as
> well...
>
>
>
>
>
> Tony Drews wrote:
>
> > Of course, it was none other than Phil Hill in the Maserati making an
(ill advised,
> > it turns out) charge down the inside of turn 1. I don't think he had as
much fun
> > in that race as he'd hoped to. :)
> >
> > - Tony
> >
> > mdunst@smtplink.coh.org wrote:
> >
> > > I was just speechless, with mouth agape when I saw the pretty
Maseratti tag the
> > > Lister Corvette then T-bone another. ...to be on live TV for all to
see (over
> > > and Over).
> > >
> > > Mordy
>
>
>
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