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Yup, Phil's over 80 and sharp as a tack. B-24 Liberator bombers in WWII, racing belly tank cars at Bonneville in the late 40's, building Scarabs for Lance Reventlow in the 50's, serving as the chief engineer for Shelby on the Cobras and GT40s, then over to AAR where he worked on everything from the Eagle Indycars, the Cuda T/A racers, to the Toyota IMSA GTP cars, the man has "seen it, done it, got the t-shirt" from every facet of U.S. road racing. He remains as humble and self-effacing a man as you'll ever hope to meet, to boot.
We were walking around the paddock at Monterey this past year with him, marveling at his knowledge and experience. He can point to pictures from the pits at Le Mans and tell you why a certain driver or crew member has a particular expression on their face, and everybody and I mean everybody practically genuflects to him. We were in the autograph tent with Gurney, Phil Hill, Sir John Whitmore, Bondurant, P. Jones, etc. etc., when Shelby drove in. Among all of the attendees he made a beeline for Rem and shook his hand, saying, "without this man none of us would have much to be celebrating." High praise indeed.
Anyhow, I digress and I don't mean to hijack this thread. Tim, look me up and I'll see to it that we share a beer with Mr. Remington--there's nothing better at Elkhart, trust me--
Bob
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