[Fot] Sir Stirling Moss: Motor racing legend dies aged 90 after long illness

[Kas Kastner]

So it is Riverisde 1958. The Caravan Motel, where all the races stayed. I
am waiting to check in the fellow ahead of me is Sterling Moss. He finished
up and I introduced myself, he wanted to know what I was racing.  I told
him a TR-3 and he smiled and then talked to me for twenty minutes about my
car and the Triumphs in general & the track and racing and was so kind and
truly interested. Then he spoke about his Aston Martin. He took the time
was very kind. Grand guy and a terrific racer. Always been my favorite.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 2:18 PM Bill Tobin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone. Happy Easter.
>
> Ah Sir Stirling. I have a great story about him.
>
> At the Mid Ohio Can Am in '71 I was on  Oscar Koveleski's crew (weekend
> warrior). Those were the days when all the talk was about dieting and
> calories.
>
> Oscar's wife Elaine and his mechanic Jack Deren's wife Terry got a scheme
> up: They got an empty J Wax can and cleaned it out. J Wax was the series
> sponsor. Sir Stirling was the spokesman and celeb at the races. Elaine and
> Terry filled up the can with butterscotch pudding which looks about like
> the wax. They sashayed up to Moss and asked how many calories were in the
> stuff. Then they swirled their fingers in the can's contents and plopped
> them in their mouths. Sir Stirling's eyes about came out of his head! Great
> fun and he took it well. He was quite a guy.
>
> Think I can make this crap up? It's in one of Pete Lyons' Can Am books.
>
> OBTW: I supplied the can!
>
> Great times.
>
> Cheers Bill
>
> PS: At that race Sir Jackie Stewart won in a Lola and Jo Siffert was
> second in a Porsche 917 PA. Both Denny Hulme and Peter Revson had dropped
> out. Third was Tony Adamowicz in Oscar's McLaren M8B; Bruce's 1969 car. We
> had a good party that night! I'll tell you a story about that at another
> time.
> On 4/12/2020 10:30 AM, Mike Harmuth via Fot wrote:
>
> Not virus related
> "It was one lap too many, he just closed his eyes," said his wife Lady Moss
>
> https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/52261216
>
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