[Jamo]

Good stuff Bob

What made him a hero to me was his Argentinian road racing. He and the others who drove in those man-killers over the Pampas and into the Andes were REAL racers--a breed apart. I always felt that Parnelli Jones was trying to follow in his footsteps when he started doing the Baja 1000/500 in Big Oly. Fangio's old road race Chevy was bought by Davis (Automobile magazine) and lovingly restored--many good articles about those road races by Davis during the rebuild. Obviously, his talents made him great in Europe--but only after he was a national hero to his country.