Wow John, sounds great.. you should write a book, seriously.. the closest I'll get to the man is..

Stewart

: This will tell you what an old man I am....I saw Regazzoni win the
: Italian GB at Monza in 1975. I sat on the top of the old high
: banked turns for the race as they ran on the new track. I was an
: exchange student at the University of Bologna at the time. I
: remember rooting for Mario Andretti but being very happy when
: Rega won. What I really remember is that I was a little homesick
: as a 22 year old who had been away from home for almost a year
: and when I got to Monza on race day it and the people reminded
: me so much of Speedway, Indiana USA. It seemed to me as if the
: same folk were walking the streets of this little town and
: sitting in the stands and the grass and up in the trees around
: the track. I loved it....and I still do.

: JohnCote