That reminds me of a boxer who retired at the top of his game. The reason
was, he could see the openings to punch through. Until then he just knew
where to punch as opposed to seeing were to punch. Only he knew he had
slowed down and decided to quit before others figured it out.
On Mar 7, 2012 2:58 PM, "Mike Sinclair" <phoenix722 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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