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 > Seth -- by "sportsman racers" I meant that the age of sponsorship had not arrived yet the way it is now. Here I am, #7, in my 'self' sponsored SCCA days: http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im49.jpg Here are my 'poor man's Ferraris': http://www.streetphoto.net/images/im103.jpg Aw, for the good old days! sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html