Ferrari Mailing List: Richard Wright - Ferrari Owner Dies

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

I just heard the news that Richard (Rick) Wright of the band Pink Floyd has 
died if cancer at the age of 65. Back in the?early 2000's when I was spending 
28 days at an Arizona 'Resort' called Cottonwood, Rick was one of my roomies. 
Cottonwood tried to pair folks with similiar interests, 4 to a room. Since He 
and I both wore Breitling Navitimer watches and both owned Ferraris, they 
bunked us together. In fact, Rick had two Ferraris. A 512-BB for himself and a 
nice little 246 Dino for his wife. One of the other roomies who is still alive, 
and I can't divulge his name was a multi-Billionaire who also drove a Ferrari 
and wore a Breitling. Only his watch?was a handmade solid gold oblong one with 
two dials. One for his time zone and one for wherever his son was located. This 
gentleman also won the 'Americas' Cup' and sponsored the all-woman yacht (I 
forget it's name) whitch turned into a FIASCO!

One of the staff, knowing that I was into Italian racing machinery, asked me if 
I had ever heard of a Mr. (you fill in the name). Hint: he is a current team 
principal, an old fart?who has a thing for young Super Models. <g> She seemed 
to know him quite well. ?????????? Go figure ...

Anyway, from what I saw of him, Rick was a nice, regular guy who was very 
knowledgeable about Ferraris and F1 Racing. He was friends of Chris Rae, the 
English rocker that had a von Tripps fixation and built a copy of Tripps' 1961 
156 Sharknose Ferrari?Grand Prix car. The late Phil Hill actually drove it and 
said that it was spot-on, but built way to well to be a factory car.

Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba?