Bill Greenwood
05-25-2012, 10:29 AM
I am just watching the final practice on "carb day" at Indy. Kind of wish I was there.
Anyone going? Fast cars are like cousins to fast planes and there are a few owners, like Jack Roush, that have both.
Years ago, when I was in high school, I used to date a girl whose older sister was married to A J Foyt, and I was lucky enough to be invited to go to see the race. I really thought about it, I liked racing, though perhaps was a bit more of a sports car fan, and A J was already pretty famous around Houston. He went to the same high school, Lamar that both my Brother and I graduated from.
Anyway, I really thought about it. But there was another girl also, so I stayed home. Funny coincidence, the 2nd girls Dad worked for the company which was later the financial force behind the aviation museum at Galveston.
And darned if A J didn't win the race that year, his first of 4 victories.
Just a year or two later I was looking for my first car to buy and saw an ad for a Jag, think it was a 120 or maybe 150. I went to look at it and darned if it wasn't A J s car. We went for a test drive and I was terrible at it with the heavy clutch. He was polite as I lurched around, but I didn;t buy that car. Never lost my love of Jaguars , though.
Janet Guthrie, first lady to race at Indy, live here, is a pilot, and a friend now.
Anyone going? Fast cars are like cousins to fast planes and there are a few owners, like Jack Roush, that have both.
Years ago, when I was in high school, I used to date a girl whose older sister was married to A J Foyt, and I was lucky enough to be invited to go to see the race. I really thought about it, I liked racing, though perhaps was a bit more of a sports car fan, and A J was already pretty famous around Houston. He went to the same high school, Lamar that both my Brother and I graduated from.
Anyway, I really thought about it. But there was another girl also, so I stayed home. Funny coincidence, the 2nd girls Dad worked for the company which was later the financial force behind the aviation museum at Galveston.
And darned if A J didn't win the race that year, his first of 4 victories.
Just a year or two later I was looking for my first car to buy and saw an ad for a Jag, think it was a 120 or maybe 150. I went to look at it and darned if it wasn't A J s car. We went for a test drive and I was terrible at it with the heavy clutch. He was polite as I lurched around, but I didn;t buy that car. Never lost my love of Jaguars , though.
Janet Guthrie, first lady to race at Indy, live here, is a pilot, and a friend now.