Niki Lauda has died
05-21-2019, 07:37 AM
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05-21-2019, 12:23 PM
#12
RIP Niki. I have a lasting memory of being a few feet from Niki just a few weeks after his crash. It was at the Glen and there wasn't a sole there who wasn't shocked by the fact he was back racing in F1 while his face was bandaged and bleeding. My wife and I were in the enclosed pit garages the day following the actual race. James Hunt signed an autograph for her but we knew it was not the proper time to ask Niki. Mario was too busy entertaining two sexy young ladies. 1976 was a fascinating time in F1 and its humbling to think I was so close to those two legends - Hunt and Lauda - right in the middle of a legendary year. He had the willpower of a superman.
05-21-2019, 12:30 PM
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05-21-2019, 04:23 PM
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The racer on the right looks like Ronnie Peterson. I remember his horrific crash & death. 
The Death of Ronnie Peterson: What Really Happened at Monza in 1978
The Death of Ronnie Peterson: What Really Happened at Monza in 1978
05-21-2019, 06:04 PM
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05-21-2019, 09:10 PM
#18
^ Gee Paul I know you as a Hockey Guy...... (and the future looks bright, BRUINS vs BLUES) but I never seen you post about F1 before. 
Sam, loved that cartoon.
Sam, loved that cartoon.
05-21-2019, 09:13 PM
#19
We never ever go to the movies but we couldn’t wait to see Rush. We drove to Lansing to see one of the very first showings. Honestly, I think it may have been the last time we were in a movie house.
PS- Paul thanks for posting that early photo of Niki - before the fire.
Mark, its a small world. If I remember right it snowed that weekend.
I have to make a correction to what I said earlier after looking at some notes from that time. Donna and I attended The Glen race, driving our yellow 1972 Triumph Stag from Michigan. We arrived early and spent time in the pits the day before the race where Donna got James Hunt's autograph. Having an eye for pretty girl's he signed it, To Donna With Love! We spent time the day following the race in the F1 garages as well. The crews where dismantling the racers for shipment to Japan. It was then we saw Niki Lauda's burns up close. We could not believe he was racing in that condition. Other autographs Donna got included two Brazilians: Carolos Pace driving a Brabham-Alfa Romeo (winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix the year before) and Emerson Fittipaldi (two time world F1 champion 1972 and 1974 who shocked the F1 world by leaving McLaren in 1976, after finishing 2nd in the 1975 F1 championship to Lauda to drive for his brother’s unsuccessful Fittipaldi F1 team for the next five years).
PS- Paul thanks for posting that early photo of Niki - before the fire.
Mark, its a small world. If I remember right it snowed that weekend.
I have to make a correction to what I said earlier after looking at some notes from that time. Donna and I attended The Glen race, driving our yellow 1972 Triumph Stag from Michigan. We arrived early and spent time in the pits the day before the race where Donna got James Hunt's autograph. Having an eye for pretty girl's he signed it, To Donna With Love! We spent time the day following the race in the F1 garages as well. The crews where dismantling the racers for shipment to Japan. It was then we saw Niki Lauda's burns up close. We could not believe he was racing in that condition. Other autographs Donna got included two Brazilians: Carolos Pace driving a Brabham-Alfa Romeo (winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix the year before) and Emerson Fittipaldi (two time world F1 champion 1972 and 1974 who shocked the F1 world by leaving McLaren in 1976, after finishing 2nd in the 1975 F1 championship to Lauda to drive for his brother’s unsuccessful Fittipaldi F1 team for the next five years).
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