Bummer.  We got to meet Phil and watch him drive the Ferrari that he drove
in the Carrera Panamericana at SIR a few years ago.

Really nice guy...

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 7:34 PM, 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
>

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Jake
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