Thank You for posting this, Al !
happens to everybody eventually it seems.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Knoll" <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:34 PM
Subject: In Passing

> 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