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Title: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: poprodder on April 12, 2020, 09:40:54 AM RIP Sir Stirling Moss
Died today age 90. Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: Manky Monkey on April 12, 2020, 10:34:07 AM Who do you think you are -Stirling Moss?!
https://youtu.be/aZyRkVzEwQ8 Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: Tony oily bike on April 12, 2020, 10:43:54 AM Stirling Moss MBE - an actual legend
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52261216 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_Moss In the relatively recent past, Stirling was often seen competing at Goodwood Revival. Photo is of Stirling and Denis (Jenks) Jenkinson at Goodwood Festival (prob 1995) in their 1955 Mille Miglia winning Mercedes 300SLR. The number 722 indicates that they departed the start at 7.22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3wGpp0wIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lg2VAFKo7g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWlI2ANL_u8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPUWq5423JY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRWhPQVAY8 Last year (2019), there was a celebration of Stirling’s 90’s birthday, Stirling wasn't well and therefore unable to attend, but his wife Susie was there, and was driven around the parade by Lord March to the applause of the spectators. A moving tribute indeed...……... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP6HDnMfaSc Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: Manky Monkey on April 12, 2020, 11:11:35 AM After cheating death so many times during his career, he died peacefully in his sleep.
His wife said: He just did one lap too many & simply closed his eyes. Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: morrag on April 13, 2020, 08:06:18 PM Mmmm...poetic and dignified to the end it seems....RIP old son.
Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: Manky Monkey on April 13, 2020, 08:15:50 PM .
Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: Manky Monkey on April 13, 2020, 08:16:14 PM .
Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: JayJay on April 21, 2020, 02:53:36 PM After cheating death so many times during his career, he died peacefully in his sleep. His wife said: He just did one lap too many & simply closed his eyes. That's a lovely way to put it. 8) Just checked the archives and in June 2010, Chevy Rick and I visited the Haynes Museum. Part of what I wrote at the time was: "Another exhibit - again small but very detailed - was a section dedicated to Stirling Moss and it listed every car he had raced. They also provided a small model of each car detailing when he raced it and quotes from him saying what he thought of each vehicle. Again, I could have spent ages just looking at that exhibit." Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE, a great character whose contribution to the world of motor racing is without question. 8) Title: Re: RIP Sir Stirling Moss Post by: Manky Monkey on April 21, 2020, 08:19:00 PM Another of those characters that just personified Britishness. We need more like him.
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