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To: HonkyTonkMan

No you were correct it was dull.


14 posted on 08/22/2017 8:01:07 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38; Paal Gulli
About ten years ago, I rubbed elbows—for a day—with England's Vic Elford, one of the drivers at Le Mans. (I'd attended ALL 24-hours of the 1968 LeMans race—cheering the Porsches—but wasn't disappointed that Ford won).

The Porsche 917K at LeMans, which Vic Elford drove, was timed at LeMans at 224-MPH. (But had seen 240). As a newbie to South Florida in his career, he stepped off the plane onto a sunny ramp, and announced, I'm moving here"—which he has.

He never mentioned that it was difficult to drive, nor that he had driven the 917 for the movie. He'd written a book on driving fast: I didn't need it, but bought three autographed copies anyway. ;)

No you were correct it was dull.

But what about the love interest? ;)

43 posted on 08/23/2017 7:38:32 AM PDT by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...)
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