Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: In Passing
From:Al Knoll
Date:Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:39:14 -0700

TR can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/5vdjce

On 8/30/08, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> The scream of the Ferrari Testarossa on the Mulsanne straight has
> faded. The scent of castor based lubricants gone on the wind.
>
> Only rarely could one hear that sound in later years.  These Ferrari
> cars are the stuff of legend, and priced accordingly.  I had the honor
> of watchin Phil Hill pilot a Testarossa at Laguna Seca Raceway years
> ago.  The man was truly in his element during the race for that class
> of car.  The sounds...still raise the hair on my arm.
>
> Phil left us on Thursday at 81.  The only American-born F1 champion.
>
> Sounds and fury long gone by.
>
> Good Speed, Phil
>