Indeed Roger, the 98'th running of the Indianapolis 500 was nail biting stuff. Quite unusually the fist yellow fell well into the race at lap 161. Then yellow fever raged as contestants got more desperate for a good finish and went beyond what their machines were capable of delivering.
It was hard to pick a personal favourite for the win because so many deserved it. Eventually it became a classic slip streaming duel and the Andretti curse remains in effect at Indy, at least as far as driver is concerned - the team owner didn't fare too badly!
Quite moving too, to witness the tension and emotion in the runner-up.
Perhaps just wishful thinking, but is Indy starting to regain some of its old glory?
I hope Jim Nabors will un-retire quickly, it is hard to imagine Indy without him.
Dux, I too caught the programe about what the Dambusters did next, no doubt scehduled for television this month, the 71'st anniversary for the raid on the dams.
A first for television I believe, the sorties were more or less described in Brikhill's 1951 book about The Dambusters, but quite possibly details about SABS computerized aiming devices may have been classified until fairly recently.
A very happy coincidence that I should be reading the Cheshire biography at this particular time.
He was, as indicated in the TV broadcast, a natural and highly respected leader, quite class unconscious, inspiring loyalty and affection among his men.
Married to an American actress at the time, her direct manner was in direct contradiction to his quiet demeanor.
In one of those coincidences which seems always so readily at hand, before the war, Cheshire was gravitating toward motor racing as he for a brief time filled an apprenticeship like role, without formally being an apprentice, with Raymond Mays' ERA; English Racing Automobiles.
