09-27-2008, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Los Angeles,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance #243 - 351W stroked to 418
Posts: 456
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His acting talent and generosity speak for themselves. But here's a guy who STARTED competitive racing at 43, was on the winning IMSA GTS class in the 1995 24 hours of Daytona - at the age of 70 and was still a team driver at Daytona in 2004 at 80.
If anyone knows of a more incredible story in the history of any sport - I'm all ears.
This was a man who lived more in a week than most people do in a lifetime. Inspirational and humbling. You just wish he could've gone on forever.
First win 1972…Thompson, CT driving a Lotus Elan
Won 4 SCCA National Titles
1976…D Production
1979…C Production
1985…GT-1
1986…”
Trans Am wins at Brainerd, Minnesota in 1982 and Lime Rock 1986
1977…5th in 24 Hours of Daytona
1979…2nd at 24 Hours of Le Mans in Porsche 935
1995…Won 24 Hours of Daytona IMSA GTS class at age 70
2003 ran Trans-Am event at Lime Rock
2004…ran 24 Hours of Daytona
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