Chris Amon


usmcfred

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Chris Amon

For those among us who followed racing in the sixties, this is a sad time. Chris Amon, age 73, has passed. Famous today for being the best driver never to have won a GP race, that simply diminishes the importance of winning a F1 race more than it does Chris Amon's ability. In a year that we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ford's win at Le Mans, let's remember that New Zealanders Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren were Ford's winning drivers. A testament to the man's ability was that the following year Amon drove arguably the most beautiful race car ever made, the Ferrari 330-P4, to lead Ferrari to a 1-2-3 sweep at the Daytona 24 Hours. Later he won the Italian 1000KM of Monza and finished second at the British BOAC 500 to clinch the International Championship of Makes for Ferrari over Porsche.

Some of you may remember that James Garner wore a duplicate of Amon's helmet in the movie Gran Prix. There was a "little brother" quality to Amon that endeared him to fans and belied his ability in a very tough sport. Rest in peace.

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Very sad, God speed Chris.
Well deserved and appropriate tribute Raj.
 
A wonderful tribute to Chris. Thank you Raj.

usmcfred
 
Well done Ford!! A great tribute for sure. If these are not available to our group maybe we can get Ed to reproduce them?
 
Very fitting!!!
 
We all know Ford is a class act!
Honored to part of the family!
 
Classy.
 
Yes Sir!
 
Honorable commemoration to a great racer. Proper respect Raj IMO. Condolences to his loved ones.

Vince H
 
 
Honorable commemoration to a great racer. Proper respect Raj IMO. Condolences to his loved ones.

Vince H

+1 Well said Vince.
 
Very nice tribute to Chris. Thank you Raj.
 
Rest In Peace Chris, Nice Tribute Raj. Thanks for sharing . I know Ford was trying to get Chris to the LeMans event. It would have been great to see him there. The racing world will miss him..
 
He was one of the greats, hope he got to see the Ford return to the sport he loved. Chris and Ford, both class acts.
 
I was very sad to learn of our loss of Chris. He was a very fast driver & nice guy.

Ed

PS Petunia: yes, I will have Chris stickers at the Rally.
 
PS Petunia: yes, I will have Chris stickers at the Rally.

Very cool.

Nicely done on the tribute, Raj.

Sanjay
 
Here you go. Hopefully in your rally packet.

Ed
 

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First class as always Ed, thanks.
 
Very nice, Ed. Thanks