PASION A LA VELOCIDAD Y MOTORES

The news of his passing is shocking and saddening and I for one will miss him. I have had dozens of email exchanges and similarly telephone conversations with Branko over the past few of years. I believe that we both benefitted from the exchanges, I know I have more pictures of my car in Venezuela t...

Buenas tardes, In the photo above with cars #8 and #12, the driver of car #8 is Harry Schell. The helmet of Castellotti has a distinctive black band around the bottom of the helmet whereas Schell's did not. Recently received from the Porsche Archives the following photo of Von Hanstein in his #48 Po...

Dear Eduardo, Thank you for your kind welcome, and as always I am looking for any more photos which include my 500 Mondial with the #8 on the side. The idea of another movie from that race would be wonderful. I am sad that I shall no longer receive the late evening phone calls from Branko always wit...

Dear Friends, As I am not proficient in the Spanish language my comment may not be appropriate. The car in the photos published above by Senor Salgado is most definitely not in Venezuela but in the E.U. as shown in this photo taken of me in 0556(0446)/MD at the Ferrari Club of America National Meet ...

Dear Senor Salgado, No problem, now I understand. By the way, in the photo you can almost see my smile as I am driving for the first time with new brake linings. Up until now the brake lining were the original ones from 1955 and they were probably petrified and glazed and did not function well at al...

Dear Eduardo,

Thank you for figuring out how to extract this youtube version of the General's movie. It gives one a good flavor as to how racing back in the day was so different from today.

Best regards,

Robert