Sir Stirling Moss has died

[westwall]

One of the greatest racing drivers of all time has died at the age of 90 after a long illness.

He never won the F1 drivers championship but has one of the highest victory per entry totals, if not the best win rate.

He was a true racer, through and through, and a Gentleman, always.

RIP.

 

[rightwinger]

Great driver in his day

 

[westwall]

Great driver in his day

He was great no matter what he was driving too. That's what sets him apart from the rest.

He was still doing vintage racing (where I met him) up until he was 81 years old!

 

[Mirabeau]

As a measure of his greatness, the British government named its official currency, the Pound Stirling, after him.

 

[okfine]

Two great British drivers.

Lewis Hamilton and Stirling Moss

At Aintree:

 

[rightwinger]

Great driver in his day

He was great no matter what he was driving too. That's what sets him apart from the rest.

He was still doing vintage racing (where I met him) up until he was 81 years old!

Damn

I remember watching him on Wide World of Sports

 

[rightwinger]

Two great British drivers.

Lewis Hamilton and Stirling Moss

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At Aintree:

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I remember there used to be a superstition against driving a green race car

 

[okfine]

Great driver in his day

He was great no matter what he was driving too. That's what sets him apart from the rest.

He was still doing vintage racing (where I met him) up until he was 81 years old!

Damn

I remember watching him on Wide World of Sports

Do you remember the the montage in the beginning of the show? There was a shot of the USGP motocross race at Baymare Raceway in Moorpark, Ca where there was an overhead helicopter shot. A guy with glasses on was waving at the camera. That was my longtime friend, Froggy.

 

[okfine]

Two great British drivers.

Lewis Hamilton and Stirling Moss

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At Aintree:

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I remember there used to be a superstition against driving a green race car

So true, but not. I used to paint my earliest race bikes green.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

As a measure of his greatness, the British government named its official currency, the Pound Stirling, after him.

Ahhhh no

Britannica Money

pound sterling, the basic monetary unit of Great Britain, divided (since 1971) decimally into 100 new pence. The term is derived from the fact that, about 775, silver coins known as “sterlings” were issued in the Saxon kingdoms, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver, the weight of which

www.britannica.com

It's a nice thought though.

 

[there4eyeM]

He was the driver I most admired at that time, getting inferior cars to beat superior ones. His accident and resultant hiatus was a big disappointment.

 

[rightwinger]

Great driver in his day

He was great no matter what he was driving too. That's what sets him apart from the rest.

He was still doing vintage racing (where I met him) up until he was 81 years old!

Damn

I remember watching him on Wide World of Sports

Do you remember the the montage in the beginning of the show? There was a shot of the USGP motocross race at Baymare Raceway in Moorpark, Ca where there was an overhead helicopter shot. A guy with glasses on was waving at the camera. That was my longtime friend, Froggy.

I thought I recognized him

 

[blastoff]

Drivers like Stirling and the others throughout the old days of F1 couldn’t even fit into one of today’s cars as there’s not enough room to fit the size cojones those boys needed to drive the cars of their eras. With a little luck you died instantly as your head smacked the wall or whatever so you wouldn’t feel your body being consumed by flames.

R I P

 

[Shawnee_b]

Sad. RIP.