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Before Sir Jackie Stewart was a Formula 1 World Champion, he was a shooting champion who took up a family friend’s offer to try his hand at motor racing.
Quick right from the start, few have so revolutionized the sport of motor racing as Stewart, who was a three-time champion as the sport began to modernize and—most importantly—finally become a safer place for drivers.
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[…] Sir Jackie Stewart: “In the 1960s, the chances of a Formula 1 driver being killed were one in three.” That’s killed, ladies and gentlemen. Dead. Lethally, fatally so. Hard to believe when you watch the F-1 guys breeze around Sepang or Spa or Dubai these days. Cars spin into the air, smash barriers, flip and flip again. And a driver gets out and waves at a cheering crowd. […]
Here’s my favorite straight from the good Sir’s mouth [ yes I took one of his classes back in the day .. worth evert ___ dime and then some ]
” Don’t drive like an irresponsible idiot on public roads especially if you own a hight performance car ! ”
Seriously … the man hates … no .. make that despises fools that speed/race/run traffic signals/ignore traffic signs etc . The question being …. how many of y’all are willing to take that bit of wisdom to heart ? Suffice it to say .. due to either age /wisdom or both .. I have of late . I only wish I had back when he first said that to me ! * 😉
* there was a much longer explanatory sermon that went with that quote that I’d be glad to share if asked