BS must have had a bad night before, or he wanted to find out how the other half
lives.
Fitz
Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
> 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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