Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Larry T and Sarti...

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey Regards: Yea, that white horseradish sauce was a killer! Think of trying to 
put a heaping tablespoon of wasabi on a shrimp and trying to swallow it in one 
bite. Remember, I was a newspaperman, not making much money, and those kind of 
freeloads were often the only dinner that I got some nights.

Speaking of Clark, Rodriquez, and Tripps, Taffy's fatal accident at Monza 
involved Ricardo too. Tripps and Phil started on the front row, but the German 
got a poor start, falling behind a couple of cars. (Hill, Clark, and the kid). 
I think it was aproaching Parabella on the second lap that Tripps saw an 
opening betweenÂRodriquez and Clark and went for it. Ricardo shut the door on 
him, forcing Clark to move over and touch Taffy, spinning him up the earthen 
banking and killing him and severalÂin the crowd. As usual, the Italian police 
tried to hang a manslaughter rap on Clark, but it went nowhere. When Rindt was 
killed, Colin was so spooked that he went back to the hotel, picked up his 
passport and left the country ASAP! They tried the same with Frank Williams 
after the Senna thing. Somthing about the steering wheel not being properly 
attatched.

When der Frau and I went to Monza a few years back, I made it a point to do two 
things. The first was to have my picture taken at the start/finish line with my 
arms streched out above my head, just like James Gardner in Grand Prix'Âand 
the other was to walk the track to the spot where the accident occured. Since I 
was a huge von Tripps fan, it was an eerie feleling.

Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba


-----Original Message-----
From: Regards
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...




Hola Bubbaâ

Yeah, Ricardo Rodriquez was fast, but really risky. Even von Trips complained 
that Ricardo drove like a madman and was dangerous. Talk about the pot calling 
the kettle black! I think Wolfgang was sometimes called âCrashâ von Trips. 
Anyway, Ricardo only lived for about 3 years after you saw him. Interestingly, 
he was also killed in a Lotusâ..one of Rob Walkerâs, I thinkâ.

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You forgot to mention your experiences with Jim Clark during the great L.A. 
Times ÂÂâShrimp and Cocktail Sauce Stormâ. It is still one of my all time 
favorite Ferrari Willi storiesâ

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Regards





From: red5hilser [at] aol.com [mailto:red5hilser [at] aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:41 AM
To: rtpetrick [at] comcast.net; Ferrari [at] Ferrarilist.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...


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Yea, it was in the mid 60's at Riverside Raceway. Every year the L.A. Times 
Grand Prix for sports cars was held in in October, and Clark was driving a 
beautiful British racing green Lotus 19. Back in those days the typical grid 
was filled with F1 names like Clark, both Phil and Graham Hill, Dan Gurney, 
Masten Gregory, Ritchie Ginther, plus American Sports Car and USAC regulars 
like Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones, and A.J. Foyt, among a host of 
others. A standout was in 1958, when 17 year-old Ricardo Rodriquez brought his 
brand new silver RSK Spyder for the under 2 litre portion of the race. He 
kicked everybody's ass, including Ken Miles. WOW!

Access to the paddock/pit area was no problem either. We either used one press 
pass for entry, then passed it over the fence to get the other people in our 
partyÂin, one by one, or just simply bluffed our way in. Remember Doug? 
Wandering the pits was no problem either. I've got a a photo of my son, Willi 
Dieter sitting in the cockpit of Nelson Piquet's Brabham in the pits at Long 
Beach in the '70s. 

If anyone has a copy of John Zimmermann's book, 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing 
Cars,' turn to page 42. Yea, that's me in the picture, holding the refueling 
hose, over the wall in the hot pits helping,Âwhile Dan refuled during a 
pitstop on his way to winning the 1967 Rex Mayes 300 Indy Car race at Riverside.

Ach, those were the days --Â Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba


-----Original Message-----
From: Regards
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...


Larry.....

Super story about Colin Chapman and your friend! Obviously, the concept of

customer service wasn't wasted on Mr. Chapman. I was a big Jim Clark and

Lotus fan in early/mid 60's, before Chapman's creations started killing

drivers. It is too bad that both Clark and Chapman were taken much form us

much too early. Ferrari Willi (aka, Bubba) had the good fortune to meet Jim

Clark and described him as friendly and reserved. Ach, those were the days.

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Regards

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From: LarryT 

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...

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Oh yeah, it's all coming back now. It's obviously time for me to watch it 

again ;-)Â Actually, my wife bought me a copy of GP on DVD not too long 

ago - I already have a copy on VHS so my collection is complete - maybe a 

little too complete --

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Anyway, time to watch it again and refrech my memory. You;re right about 

the missing Lotus - very unfortunate as they were the ultimate team at the 

time. Course, knowing how CC operated he probably asked for a piece of the 

action in exchange for his team's participation! Even if it was just his 

logo! He was ever vigilent for funding.

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I had a Lotus years ago as did a friend. One Saturday he was working on his

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and had a question/ÂÂ He got on the phone and called UK - got thru to Lotus 

and asked to speak to someone about a technical question. A few minutes 

later a Brit answered and helped him with his problem.ÂÂ As they were 

getting ready to say good bye my friend asked for his name so he could add 

it to his notes for future reference (engineers, you know how we are)Â and 

to his surprice the voice on the phone says Colin CHapman. How cool is 

THAT?

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Well, better go - time to do some grilling -

;-)

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Dick Petrick" <rtpetrick [at] comcast.net>

To: "'LarryT'" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>

Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:17 PM

Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Larry T and Sarti...

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> It was Brian Bedford playing the quintessential Brit racer, Scott

> Stoddard.....supposedly a Jim Clark clone. The logic broke down however, 

> as

> Lotus was not represented in the film, so Stoddard drove for Jordan BRM

> (interesting team name). Further, if I remember correctly, Stoddard's 

> helmet

> had a band of Tartan plaid around it, similar to Jackie Stewart. I don't

> think the film ever identified clearly whether Stoddard was English or

> Scottish, but his dead brother, Roger, drove a BRG Vanwall F1, with which

> Scott kicked off the second act after the intermission. The sound of the

> idle was really great with the lumpy full-race cam.

>Â

> Regards

>Â

>Â

> About the air cannon - I knew it was used to send Garner into Monaco 

> Harbor

> and I believe the guy who was passing Garner at that moment (what was his

> name? it's on the tip of my tongue!) that nearly ended his career was sent

> against the rock wall -

>Â

> 

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