"....like awakening to find a mountain suddenly gone."
LUKE'57
07-02-2005, 01:19 PM
"....like awakening to find a mountain suddenly gone."
With these words forty one years ago, premier sportswriter Max Muhleman best described the feelings of a fourteen year old race fan who had lost his first hero. I was that fourteen year old and here is my tribute to that mountain, Fireball Roberts.
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With these words forty one years ago, premier sportswriter Max Muhleman best described the feelings of a fourteen year old race fan who had lost his first hero. I was that fourteen year old and here is my tribute to that mountain, Fireball Roberts.
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SteveK2003
07-02-2005, 09:50 PM
Nice car.
Was he the driver that died of kidney failure as a result of the fire in a car? I read Don Garlit's book 'King of the Dragsters' and he mentioned that before a NASCAR driver died from that, they never thought to look for kidney failure after severe burns (And he had just been burned in the book).
Was he the driver that died of kidney failure as a result of the fire in a car? I read Don Garlit's book 'King of the Dragsters' and he mentioned that before a NASCAR driver died from that, they never thought to look for kidney failure after severe burns (And he had just been burned in the book).
LUKE'57
07-03-2005, 01:13 AM
No, Glenn was burned on about 75% of his body with most of it being third degree. His burns had started healing but his body had been so weakened by the ordeal he succumbed to infection over a month after his crash.
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