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Mr. GRAND PRIX James Garner Passes

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  1. RP

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    #1 RP, Jul 20, 2014
  2. ferraripete

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    #2 ferraripete, Jul 20, 2014
    just saw this. sad:(

    brett maverick, james Rockford, pete arron...rest in peace.
     
  3. MHK69

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  4. It's Ross

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    #4 It's Ross, Jul 20, 2014
    Sad. I admired him.
     
  5. Gatorrari

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    #5 Gatorrari, Jul 20, 2014
    R.I.P., Pete Aron. :(
     
  6. Gatorrari

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    #6 Gatorrari, Jul 20, 2014
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    "There are fewer than 30 men in the world qualified to drive Formula 1 - a mere half-dozen, perhaps, to win. At this moment, I am inclined to think you are not one of them."

    He really proved Sr. Manetta wrong!
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  7. b4z

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    #7 b4z, Jul 20, 2014
    Last of the real men. Need to find a Pontiac firebird 400 and do a Rockford in his honor.
     
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    #8 Dino246gts, Jul 21, 2014
  9. greyboxer

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    #9 greyboxer, Jul 21, 2014
    Spooky : one of the Uk channels showed Grand Prix on Sunday just before his death was announced....
     
  10. BartonWorkman

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    #10 BartonWorkman, Jul 21, 2014
    Due to a knee injury suffered in the Korean War, Garner was not able to race professionally
    but he did dabble in team ownership notably in sports car racing and his team American
    International Racers which entered Lola T70s for drivers Ed Leslie, Lothar Motschenbacher,
    Scooter Patrick and Dave Jordan with some good results, notably a second overall in the
    24 Hours of Daytona.

    Garner was a regular in the paddocks in the late 60s and early 70s. Garner was always known
    as a very accommodating team owner and my sister got a picture of him in the back of a limo
    as he headed out of the Sebring paddock (must have been 1970) when he told the driver to
    stop the car so she could get a picture.

    RIP.

    BHW
     
  11. Gatorrari

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    #11 Gatorrari, Jul 21, 2014
    He did race off-road for a few years in the southwest and in Baja, running a modified Olds 442 at least one time!
     
  12. It's Ross

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    #12 It's Ross, Jul 22, 2014
    Yep, a "man's man", a dying breed.
     
  13. Nembo1777

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    #13 Nembo1777, Jul 22, 2014
    Sad...RIP Pete Aron.

    He was one of the few in the movie who could really drive the single seaters properly, unquestionably the key actor in the greatest racing movie ever made...

    James Garner - Biography - IMDb

    MS
     
  14. ScuderiaWithStickPlease

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    #14 ScuderiaWithStickPlease, Feb 18, 2015
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmfdNrolRDg[/ame]
     
  15. Smiles

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    #15 Smiles, Feb 19, 2015
    He was also awesome as the American scrounger in The Great Escape.

    Matt
     

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