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General Discussion / Re: What's making News - 2024
« Last post by rags on April 08, 2024, 08:07:06 PM »I remember the commentators, & all the drivers, abusing him as he shouldn't have been out there in a car that couldn't handle it!
But he finished in 20th position and then drove the car home and sold it on Monday. He actually had a successful race career both in AU and Europe including racing open wheelers.
He acted as a mentor to Mark Webber in his early days of racing as he was cutting his teeth in motor racing and then a bit later as Mark was breaking into the European seen.
He is still going strong in his 80s and still has his prized possession a Porsche Turbo 930 and his even rarer Ferrari 275 GDB/4 one of like 300 ever made and one of a very few in Australia and worth millions these days