I remember that after Stirling recovered from his accident, his doctors said
he was A-OK, so he took a car out on the race track to see how it would be.
He said he could go just as fast as before, but found himself thinking
through each turn on the mechanics, rather than it being automatic. For
that reason, he said, he decided not to return to racing. While that shows
a lot of maturity, it must have been difficult for him, for sure.
Interesting.
Mike
100M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve B. Gerow" <steveg at abrazosdata.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys]Grand Prix - The Killer Years - On Velocity
>I too was moved by the program which I almost didn't watch because of its
>somewhat exploitative title.
>
> Conspicuously absent from the interviews was Stirling Moss. I've seen an
> interview with him where he discusses not
> being in favor of the safety improvements due to the death-defying being
> at the heart of the sport (in his opinion).
>
> They didn't explore the '30s, '40s and '50s fatalities rates which must
> have been similar to those of the '60s and '70s in
> the film.
>
> If what they said is true about Clark being killed by a mechanical
> failure - that is especially tragic.
>
>
> --
> Steve Gerow
> Altadena, CA
> BN6
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