Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Steve LeHuray" <steve@streetphoto.net> > ....yeah, back in those days sportsman racers were the rule, even F1. > > sl Right Steve, rich sportsmen like Juan Manuel Fangio, the Argentine mechanic who started in racing with a beat-up Chevrolet over mountain passes, Stirling Moss, Karl Kling, Hermann Lang and John Fitch, all wealthy gentleman sports guys. ;-) Of course, outside the Mercedes-Benz racing team, there were gentleman racers. But Alfred Neubauer and Rudolf Uhlenhaut were interested in winning and one drove for M-B only if one was a world-class racer. They did on occasion reserve a seat for a very good but not world-class driver for reasons of nationality, not wealth. Seth 365 GTC - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html