Thanks Tom! He was quite a man. I thought he was with the Cunningham team in
"55; interesting to see he was paired with Leveigh in the A/H which "caused"
the crash. Phil Wallters (AKA Ted Tappet; I'm showing my roots :O)) was with
Cunningham, and refused to ever race again after the '55 LeMans. As a side
note...I believe Walters had also been a P-51 pilot over Germany. Birds of a
feather.
-Ed-
--- On Wed, 10/31/12, Tom Householder <trhouse@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
From: Tom Householder <trhouse@columbus.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] John Fitch
To: "EDWARD BARNARD" <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 10:37 PM
FYI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fitch_(racing_driver)
On Oct 31, 2012, at 10:54 PM, EDWARD BARNARD wrote:
> The FOT has been very quiet with many of its members at the VTR Nationals in
> Galveston Texas. For those who may not have heard, John Fitch passed away
> this morning.
> With his passing goes a great fighter pilot, sports car driver, Indy car
> driver, and a member of the Cunningham team at LeMans with Phil Walters
> during the big crash in '55.
> RIP
> -Ed-
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