![]() ![]() Yet there is one man who deliberately set out to really do it all, who danced on the limit longer than anyone and won in a mind-boggling array of disciplines. As for Stirling Moss.well, he's Stirling Moss isn't he? But which driver was the best all-rounder? Graham Hill was the only one to do it in Monaco, Indianapolis and at Le Mans Jim Clark made it look as easy in a Lotus Cortina as he did a Lotus F1 car while John Surtees did it on two wheels as well as four. ![]() This was the dream - somebody pinch me! It was like getting a personal (but violent) tour of the moon with the late Neil Armstrong.The majority of our legends raced in an era when the world's best contested many categories other than Formula 1. After exiting turn 4 a foot from the wall, we flashed down the front straight and across the famous yard of bricks at 202 mph! Teeth chattering, my helmet felt like it was about to fly off in the open-cockpit car as we dove down and hugged the white line at the inside of the track. On the back straight we accelerated to over 180 mph in top gear, and I braced for turns 3 and 4 where many accidents, some fatal, have occurred at Indy. As our speed increased, I began to feel the G-forces crush my body against the right side of the car. By the time we were in the short chute between turns 1 and 2, the car was above 140 mph. The Go Pros were turned on and off we went.Īfter a slow warm-up lap zig-zagging to heat the tires, Andretti gunned the engine and accelerated into turn 1, banked at nine degrees. When my name was called - I was first of the 33 - I belted snugly into the claustrophobic seat with a five-point harness. Upon meeting my fellow ridealongs, I was fitted with a fireproof driving suit and crash helmet, signed waivers and posed for photos.
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