October 1, 1973

How the times have changed. The pictures in SI are absolutely splendid better than ones I see today.

 

Cevert, dead at the wheel. Revson, dead at the wheel. Peterson, dead at the wheel. Hill, dead in an airplane crash. Things were mightily dangerous in those days.

 

This issue is dated when I was born. Are you selling this? If so send me a PM.

 

It must have been difficult to be a fan in those days. Fatalities were accepted and expected as part of the sport's allure.

 

I remember that! Not the F1 article, but Anthony Davis. I'll never forget the USC v. ND game when he ran all over the Irish in the second half to come back and win. I was only 7, but growing up I used to save all my dad's SI mags, especially the football issues. I used to like tracing the pictures, and that was one of my favorites. Wow! Thanks for the memory. I'd be interested in reading that article--do they post back issues online anywhere?

 

Ditto. 1974, as I recall. I watched the game on TV with my dad, who was a HUGE 'SC fan.

In the first half, Notre Dame was ahead 24-0 when USC managed a touchdown just before halftime. Davis carried the 2nd half opening kick 102 yards (or threrabouts), and USC went on to win the game 55-24.

Sorry for going off-topic!

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8351/index.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1087834/index.htm

Cover and Anthony Davis article.

When I think of Anthony Davis I think of the Rutgers tackle that went 11th overall in the draft this year.

 

Thanks. To tell the truth, though, the avatar is not a photo of me. It's actually James Garner as Pete Aron in "Grand Prix". We often get mistaken for each other, though.

 

You know you are old or a big fan when you can ID all of the guys in the photos without looking at the names.

 

I disagree with you, fatalities were not accepted or expected, but just like today they came with the territory.

The technology did not exist back then, especially in fuel cell design or location, and they did not cut down trees that were in bad locations. By the same token they did not race in antiseptic, boring tracks like they do now.

 

That is because they were shot on FILM, by a photographer that had a clue, and not by some digi-wizard today that has little talent or understanding of light, but can buy the (computer) technology to be 'a photographer'.

 

82 and still kickin, although he has some health issues.

 

I was there the day Cevert died. Jackie didn't drive the next day out of respect.

 

Quite the contrary. We reacted very differently to accidents in those days because they often resulted in injury or death. The idea that "rubbing is racing" didn't arise until racing became much safer. We used to scoff at people who said spectators went to a race to see accidents, but today I'm not so sure...

 

By the way, you look very attractive in your avatar photo.

 

when i saw the thread...i knew you were honoring cevert.

i have never driven the esses or spoken of the the glen w/o honoring cevert. he was a great one that we never got to know just how great he would have been.

when i think of racers and formula 1 i think of heros like cevert, petersen, donahue, revson and bruce.

 

Okay maybe I shouldn't have used fatality and allure in the same sentence but honestly the danger and required bravery in this sport is was draws us all in. And what danger may have been lost on paved runoffs and energy absorbing chassis has been made up for in the occasional mechanical failure and false sense of security on the driver's part (as evidenced by some of the bone head moves you see in GP2).

I don't like wrecks. Big or small they're always expensive and can mark a turning point in a career or a life. I say the old days must have been difficult to be a fan because in my time as die hard open wheel racing fan I have personally witnessed one racing fatality. It was Oct. "99. It brought me to the brink and I almost gave up on my passion. But in the end it was the speed, the color, the sounds, the pageantry and danger that brought me back for the season opener.

 

that was a tough one; I met Greg Moore two years earlier. We had a great Ferrari vs Lamborghini discussion; (very similar to the ones on here). He loved Lamborghini.
What a talented, intellectual guy. I always wondered if his broken arm contributed to that crash.....
Kevin

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XVycgoT7JA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT3OjHI8hho&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjgorfhjslE&feature=related

 

we must have been very close to one another on that day, here's a photo from mine and my father's archives.......
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