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[Healeys] Grand Prix - The Killer Years - On Velocity Channel

Subject: [Healeys] Grand Prix - The Killer Years - On Velocity Channel
From: dcongleton at embarqmail.com (Dallas Congleton)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:37:01 -0500
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Many on the list may have seen this video before, but for those that haven't 
it seems timely.
http://vimeo.com/20247765

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HealeyRick" <healeyrick at yahoo.com>
To: "Richard Korn" <cynicbass at gmail.com>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>; <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Grand Prix - The Killer Years - On Velocity Channel


>     I'm very gratified that my recommendation for this show has been so 
> well
> received.  I know there are some inaccuracies with the program, but the
> interviews with the drivers and wives are just exceptional.  And,
> unfortunately, it IS all about the money.  People have made fortunes on 
> the
> desire of F1 drivers to win a GP championship.  Take a look at Petra
> Ecclestone's house, built on the willingness of F1 drivers to make the
> ultimate
> sacrifice: 
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2027735/Petra-Eccles
> tone-strips-Candy-Spelling-85m-house-old-fashioned-decor.html 
> Unfortunately,
> driver safety still gives way to making a profit.  Look at the 2005 USGP 
> at
> Indy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_United_States_Grand_Prix
>    F1 in the 50s-early '70s was what Hemingway and Ken Purdy rightly 
> called a
> "blood sport,"  You could easily die in the pursuit of fame.  I remember
> seeing Bandini die in flames on Wide World of Sports.  Completely 
> incompetent
> marshals failed to do anything while he perished.
>    Racing is just so much safer, now.  Doesn't mean you won't die doing 
> it.
> Just that you have a better chance of survival.

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