Hello John,
thanks for sharing. Those were the days...

Best wishes
Werner Boeinck

: A really cool thing happened to me in Long Beach at the GP
: yesterday. I got assigned to shoot an autograph session
: featuring one of my heroes, Dan Gurney. Dan showed up about 15
: minutes early and while sitting in the closed room, in walks his
: old LeMans driving partner AJ Foyt to say howdy. I got to fire
: away with my camera while the old friends talked about 1967 when
: AJ weighed 147 pounds (nearly double that now) and fit
: comfortably in the new Ford GT. They talked about the risks they
: took in the old days when cars were not as safe. They talked
: about hospital stays and how it sucked to be old and beat up.

: So here is my favorite old LeMans photo juxtaposed with one of the
: photos I took yesterday:

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: And if the day wasn't going well enough already, a little later out
: on the starting grid I got to shoot Roger Daltrey, Arie Luyendyk
: & Mario Andretti who looked like they were solving the
: problems of the world before getting into the IndyCar two
: seaters to lead the pre-race parade laps to start the Toyota
: Grand Prix of Long Beach.

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: JohnCote