Yes, I forgot that Hansgen was there too. Bobby Unser drove straight through
the situation but never really spoke about it at the length that JR. did. Did
you read the link to J.R.'s take on it? Truly remarkable that we still have
him. Ray Arnold told me his dad, Chuck, had told him the he considered J.R. the
best natural at the sport of going fast. Of course, that's one dirt boy
speaking of another dirt driver.
-Ed-
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, WILLIAM TOBIN <william.tobin3@verizon.net> wrote:
From: WILLIAM TOBIN <william.tobin3@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Memories
To: edwardbarnard@prodigy.net, "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Cc: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 7:29 PM
Hi all, there's a good book by Michael Argetsinger entitled "Walt
Hansgen." It follows Walt's career from the early '50's to his
demise at
LeMans in '66. It has a good chapter about the '64 Indy race in which
walt
drove. It's a good read and very informative about the early years of US
road racing.
I heard Michael has a new book coming out about Mark Donohue, one of the
best ever.
Take care, Bill----- Original Message -----
From: "EDWARD BARNARD" <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>
To: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Cc: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: [Fot] Memories
> Kas: Really great photos of that situation. I do believe Salt passed
away a
> month later though. I don't know if he ever regained conciousness.
> Below is a link to the story from J.R. about Eddie Sachs and Dave
MacDonald.
> Just reading it makes you believe in luck. Did you know Dave M. while he
was
> running sporty cars? If I remember correctly he was a Vette, Cobra guy
and ran
> for the Shelby team. I think at LeMans too?
>
>
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/columns/0306_johnny_rutherford/index.h
t
> ml
>
> -Ed-
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