Racing on a wing and a prayer – cheap and cheerful days
The Editor in Chief is right: there should be more cheap and cheerful formulas in racing. I remember many years ago when I as a piston aboard his 500 and we had gone to do a hillclimb race – the Coppa del Nevegal, near Belluno. We’d done really badly in qualifying. I felt that a valve was giving me trouble and I let him know. He, naturally, enough was very concerned but he didn’t have a mechanic with him because he didn’t even enough money for a hotel. And so he had to ask for help.
At the time there was a very famous Alfa Romeo mechanic and prepper called Sivocci who felt sorry for us and came over to have a listen to what myself and the valve were up to. He thought about it for a minute and then said: “Don’t worry. You can race – just put a glass of Vaseline oil in the petrol first”. After we’d done that, we coughed out a bit of smoke, but the valve didn’t give us another moment’s trouble. And believe it or not, the day after, we actually won!
PUBLISHED IN PISTUNZEN'S BLOG BY PISTUNZEN ON 11.15.2011
Credit: Ferrari S.p.A. (www.ferrari.com)
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