Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

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Originally Posted by jackiewilson

Saw on the news that Hamilton had another bit of luck today. He won the Bahrain GP. As he makes his way to hundred pole positions and a hundred GP F1 victories. Cours, he does have a half tidy form of transport in the Merc.
What .was it KIPLING wrote “If you can keep your head when all about you, are losing theirs ? “ etc.. I think Lewis must have been listening .
think thats nearly a dozen he came out on top. of course im told its all down to the car and very little to do with ability . Didnt Bottas have the same car?

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13 Win Season not for L.H. this year.

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Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus, and will miss at least one race as a result -- meaning he will not be able to match the record for most wins in a single season. He's said to have mild symptoms and is otherwise fit and well, according to his Mercedes team, but will miss the upcoming Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain. Hamilton - who picked up his 11th win of the season at Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix- was trying to match the 13-win record previously set by legendary drivers Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel .

The season will end with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 13.
Yahoo Sports.

Jackie how much is the SPOTY crown valued in England?
I think a lot of guys in the states, are like me. They never heard of this award.

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Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and England cricketer Stuart Broad have been named as the first two nominees for the 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
The BBC is staggering the announcements of the six contenders up for the main honour at a show at Media City in Salford on December 20, with Hamilton and Broad so far taking top billing.

It was announced on Tuesday morning that Hamilton had tested positive for coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, but he is favourite with bookmakers to clinch a second SPOTY crown.

PA Sport

Well, I suppose that’s the only way to stop him. Lock him in a hotel bedroom for two weeks
You only have to look at the list of previous winners to appreciate the magnitude of this award.
It covers ALL sports WORLDWIDE with special award for overseas performers.
Its the public votes that decide the winner. Nothing else.
Hamilton has never been the most popular sportsman, although he has won the award once before.
This in spite of the fact that he has won more victories than anyone else. Won more pole positions than any other driver. Equalled Schumacher with seven world titles. Vettel keeps spouting off about him not being as good as Schumacher, but he’s done it quicker and scored more podiums than the best. If he had been born in Germany, he would have been accepted as the most complete driver.
Arguments abound. Vettell. Was never as Good as Schumacher ————— Schui was not as Good as Senna————— Clarke was better than Senna, Moss was best of all. Goes all the way back to the start of F1. Fact remains Hamilton is right up there and just keeps on winning, with no sign of slowing down . Not even anyone in the wings waiting to be the pretender to his throne, he’s outdriven the lot.
WITH A LITTLE LUCK OF COURSE.

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Would you ever believe it, Guy walks in and falls in love with the MALIBUSTANG, how much will you take for it ,told him £100 cash——— he damn near snatched my hand off. this is gospel what im telling you. his son said would you accept £100 for the Six cylinder radial . i was a bit TOM FLINT this week , so i accepted it. felt kinda sad to see the MALIBUSTANG being dragged down the road . Its been adorning the floor space under the bench for over five years , .???

...good to hear you offloaded some ballast and raised the bootstripe...:thumbsup:

Looks like the firesale is taking off .
If any of you old farts out there would like anything you have ever seen on the TRICKS site , just PM me and make me an offer. Sammy James did and walked off with a beautiful Radial engine concept .
Even a SILVER GHOST for Sale on there . Was hoping to move before christmas , realtors and Lawyers blame COVID for their inability to get a wriggle on , fact is, they have always been straphangers and procrastinators to try and justify their outrageous fees. Just like dentists and vetinarys . If you got teeth and pets you need deep pockets.

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Originally Posted by jackiewilson

Looks like the firesale is taking off .
If any of you old farts out there would like anything you have ever seen on the TRICKS site , just PM me and make me an offer. Sammy James did and walked off with a beautiful Radial engine concept .
Even a SILVER GHOST for Sale on there . Was hoping to move before christmas ...

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The best to your firesale of Christmas gifts.

Returning back to the drama on the race tracks and courses. I do believe Romain Grosjean, is thankful he will be spending another Christmas Day with his family. In fact in an interview after his horrific fiery crash, Grosjean mention whilst he was in the cockpit surrounded by fire, that wanting to see his kids again was his main motivation to escape the flaming confines.

I remember Indy car drivers in interviews back in the 1960's & 70's, mentioning there greatest worry was a fiery crash, and not escaping the wreak in due time.
A watery grave is probably what occupies boat racers, in the back of their minds. I never had that kind of conversation with the boat drivers, I knew, nor did any of them mention that was a concern for them. But it has crossed my mind, as probably the greater concern racing on water.

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Sequence of some of Romain's thoughts, stuck inside the cockpit:

I do not want to end up like Niki Lauda.
I am stuck.
I am going to die.
Muscles relax, peace with myself, I am dying.
For my kids I cannot die, I got to see them.
My hands are in the fire.
I am on fire.
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Ive only ever been in that dark place the once—-upside down , trapped in the boat . Paris six hours.
green murky water actually turned bright red.

...lack of oxygen?...

Got clonked on the head as a kid ( you only feel a jolt to your body when the brain shuts down so I didnt know where i was hit ) once on a river bank, went in the water and woke up on the bottom a few seconds later, was all very calm, I could just see some light from the surface, swam up and climbed out, feeling very groggy.

Tried it again the other day in a raceboat as I used my helmet to launch another boat over me, I was conscious but brain shut down even though there is video I cant remember anything till they towed me to the shore even though I was talking to them, they asked me where i was, I couldnt remember till in the ambulance going for mri.
They asked me which turn the accident was and I thought 2 turns back, couldnt believe where it was till they showed me the vid.

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Originally Posted by powerabout

Love to own one Jackie tunnel boat...

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so what ya got?

Just about everything you could ever imagine.
Six pot Radial and the MALIBUSTANG are both gone . Still have over 50 concepts to move.Attachment 478545Attachment 478546Just one of the fifty

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I have five or six hardwood v bottoms, maybe ten tunnels. Six silver ghosts and one golden ghost.

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This wonderful lady was „DEN MOTHER“ to the whole Mercury team. GG (Or Willabee more likely) would rent a large house in Havasu. Ken and Molly Balou would look after the whole team‘.
Molly wasnt too shabby in a drag boat either, she would run around the 120 mark in the twin Mercury powered Ron Jones Hydro, i got to know her through Kathy Flo Smith and Billy Don Pruett. She was also chief timekeeper for Mercury on the point. Ask any old Mercury racer about Molly and he will just smile, everyone loved Molly and Kenny.

I was deleting a few things and don't know if I ever posted these, the Molinari one is well known but I don't know about the others of Jackie.

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I was deleting a few things and don't know if I ever posted these, the Molinari one is well known but I don't know about the others of Jackie.

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That little sprint Molinari was really fast with the 1000 BP. Twister. Would often outrun the 1250 BP. But they all had larger boats.
Sprint boat came after the 17 footer. Was the fact that the little Schultze with the 1000Bp made the 18 foot Molinari obsolete.
I sold it to Bob Spalding , he went around Europe winning everything, after that all tunnels got considerably smaller. Shakey only ever built small tunnels, as did Freddie after Bills demise.

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Looks cold.

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Originally Posted by 2us70

Looks cold.

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...sure does...

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First met Renato as a kid. His dad Angelo was a lovely man. 10 o’clock every morning, he would go to the little cafe next door for his coffee. Renato was a really nice person , made my whole family welcome. Dined at his table on many occasions with his mom and dad and brother Giorgio.
Two greatest tunnel boat racers of all time are Renato Molinari and Bill Seebold. End of.
Happy to say im friends with both of them.

Cold, It's bloody Windermere in October what do you expect. A couple more to explain when who where.
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Was a bad day for me, one of the lows in my career. I had watched Shakey Bill disappear beneath the waves , yet here we were racing over the very spot where he went down. We had been friends for years and raced each other forever . My heart just was not in it. Yes, i did have the quickest boat there ‘ did not like wind at all, either me or the boat (less than 16 foot with a 1000 BP TWISTER on windermere , blowing a hooley) These are what i would call “MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES “, GG didnt agree. He took the boat and motor and sacked me on the spot.
Thats when i told him i didnt need either him or his motor, and shove it where the sun dont shine. it did get a little heated . We made it up again, but things were never quite the same until the COSWORTH WAS BORN, then we got back to being as we had been Status Quo was restored .
Told him neither Bob or Percy was as good as me, but he was getting two for the price of one. Fact he had the hots for Gilly P helped decide the issue.

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Told him neither Bob or Percy was as good as me, but he was getting two for the price of one...

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...a born salesman i tell ya...

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Originally Posted by jackiewilson

..... Fact he had the hots for Gilly P .....

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Who didn't have "the hots" for her, that woman was gorgeous ..... :thumbsup:

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...she married bob spalding later, correct?...

AND DIVORCED HIM . Best not to go down that road, it could hurt a lot of their kids and grandkids.