>From: Karim.Marouf@cancom.com
>Reply-To: Karim.Marouf@cancom.com
>To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
>Subject: Masten Gregory's stunts
>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:38:44 -0800
>
>Is it really true that Masten Gregory would jump out of his cars whenever
>he
>lost control? I keep reading these stories about him doing that, but I
>can't
>see how it's possible to jump out of a spinning car.
>
>I doubt that he ever did. Probably he just got thrown out of a car once and
>maybe joked that he'd purposely jumped, and ever since people have kept
>repeating the story without stopping to question how it could be possible.
I don't think ol' Masten was the only one who bailed... I've a
book at home about the Ecurie Ecosse. In it there's a picture
of a car in the process of crashing with it's driver caught in
the act act... I don't think Masten Gregory ever drove for
Ecurie Ecosse.
I can well understand wanting to exit the car before a crash...
especially if you knew it was going to be a "bad one". Back in
earlier times with no rollover protection and few if any
provisions for fire or safety, taking your chances by getting out
of the car before a wreck might have seemed less risky...
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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