11-01-2019, 06:27 PM
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Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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Originally Posted by Alfa02
....The story's I have Glen  Phil Hill, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme, etc, etc. Cheers Tom. |
Wow! I can't even imagine how good that would have been to see those legends in person, Tom.
My stories of motor racing heroes didn't start until much later. I was lucky enough to be a marshall at the Australian Grand Prix when it was held in Adelaide from 1985 to 1995. Access to the F1 pitlane was a bonus, and I have some up-close pics of some of my period heros (Senna, Prost, Alesi, Mansell, Berger) but a real highlight was in 1990 when Adelaide hosted the 500th "modern era" F1 race and I had brief contact with the late, great Juan Manuel Fangio, there for the event.
I do know that Ken Miles did actually race here in the Australian Tourist Trophy race (Lakeside, Queensland) in 1965 in the 427 prototype, CSX3002, but Lakeside is more than 1400 miles from home for me, so I knew nothing about it at the time. Back then at a very tender young age, I did however fancy myself as a race driver on my 'hot-rodded"  1930's-vintage tractor (I lived on a property).
Enough drivel. Looking forward to the movie!
Cheers,
Glen |
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