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Justayellowbadge
29,442 posts
111 months
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Justices
2,336 posts
33 months
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Justayellowbadge said: David Purley AMEN! Inspired more than just racing/going for a drive too.
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mat777
2,983 posts
29 months
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is he the chap who tried to rescue someone from a burning f1 car?
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CJ Loves Ruf
334 posts
55 months
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rohrl
3,720 posts
14 months
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Jay Leno's a true petrolhead. He'd spend all his money on cars however much he had, he just happens to be enormously rich. Is 35 too old for me to be adopted by him?
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Podie
38,380 posts
144 months
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Alex Zanardi - loses both legs and still goes back racing. Didn't like the prosthetics available, so designed his own.
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DanDC5
6,918 posts
36 months
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Podie said: Alex Zanardi - loses both legs and still goes back racing. Didn't like the prosthetics available, so designed his own. And now in the Italian paralympic team this year. Legend. The 2 that inspire me most are Jay K and Chris Evans. Both have bought their dream cars and are happy to use them as often as possible. Chris Evans for example, how many other MC12 owners have used their car on the daily commute?
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Justayellowbadge
29,442 posts
111 months
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mat777 said: is he the chap who tried to rescue someone from a burning f1 car? Recipient of the George Medal for it.
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LuS1fer
28,492 posts
114 months
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My first inspiration was Roger Clark in the RAC Rally in the 70s - always seemed like a really "normal" bloke who could drive and even his initials were RAC courtesy of a middle name of Albert! Drivers like Pond were more showy.  Even now, I always accuse anyone driving over-zealosly as thinking they're Penti Airikkala so he obviously ingrained himself too, probably because he drove my fave rally car - the Chevette 2300HS.  As a much younger lad in the 60's everyone knew of Jim Clark as much as they did Bluebird and Malcolm and Donald Campbell:  In F1, it was Emerson Fittipaldi because who couldn't love those Lotus colours! 
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Podie
38,380 posts
144 months
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DanDC5 said: Chris Evans for example, how many other MC12 owners have used their car on the daily commute? Even in this weather... 
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torres del paine
1,355 posts
90 months
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Blue62
1,392 posts
21 months
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Got to go along with Jim Clark and the Roger Clark call, though I'm a bit young to remember Jim, I've always been fascinated by his life story. James Hunt made a big impression during my formative years and on a very personal note I used to clean my neighbours Lola T70 as a kid, he was Nick Cussons and his generosity in allowing access to his cars did more to seal my lifelong interest, he'll never know it though!
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Biker's Nemesis
22,697 posts
77 months
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DanDC5
6,918 posts
36 months
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Podie said: DanDC5 said: Chris Evans for example, how many other MC12 owners have used their car on the daily commute? Even in this weather... Exactly. The man is a legend. Another inspirational one for me is Keichi Tsuchiya. Nice collection of modified Jap cars, including a 200bhp N/A AE86. Raced at Le Mans, and along with his tuning company this is his day job... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEbLSNKqW0
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PSBuckshot
4,641 posts
28 months
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No one mentioned good old McQueen yet?
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HorneyMX5
873 posts
19 months
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Tiff.
As a young lad watching Top Gear in the late 80s his sideways antics and love of all things fast helped mould me into the petrolhead I am today.
Nick
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Twincam16
27,214 posts
127 months
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Looking back into history, definitely Jim Clark. He was a champion in just about everything he raced, and he did so for the sake of racing itself. He died during a minor F2 race he was competing in even though he was F1 World Champion at the time. The equivalent would be Didier Drogba turning up unexpectedly at Macclesfield Town because he wasn't playing with Chelsea that weekend and just fancied a kickabout. F1, F2, F3, Touring Cars, Sports Cars, IndyCar, rallying - he'd take on anything. The only comparable driver on the current F1 grid is Kimi Raikkonen - another inspiration.
Another aspect of both these men that impresses me is their self-effacing nature. They were the best in the world at one time or another, but you wouldn't know it if you met them.
And then there's Colin McRae and his big, loud blue Subaru. I think of his exploits every time I see a winding country road. Then I floor it.
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6potdave
1,165 posts
82 months
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PaperCut said: Benbay001 said: Any one who drives me somewhere. Being driven places drives me nuts. If ive been a passenger for an hour or more i usually go for a drive when i get home.  This! Seconded!
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DanDC5
6,918 posts
36 months
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Twincam16 said: Looking back into history, definitely Jim Clark. He was a champion in just about everything he raced, and he did so for the sake of racing itself. He died during a minor F2 race he was competing in even though he was F1 World Champion at the time. The equivalent would be Didier Drogba turning up unexpectedly at Macclesfield Town because he wasn't playing with Chelsea that weekend and just fancied a kickabout. F1, F2, F3, Touring Cars, Sports Cars, IndyCar, rallying - he'd take on anything. The only comparable driver on the current F1 grid is Kimi Raikkonen - another inspiration.
Another aspect of both these men that impresses me is their self-effacing nature. They were the best in the world at one time or another, but you wouldn't know it if you met them.
And then there's Colin McRae and his big, loud blue Subaru. I think of his exploits every time I see a winding country road. Then I floor it. That was a case with most of the older generation of racing drivers. I think a lot of F1 drivers now would like to go and race other stuff such as Le Mans on off weekends but the bigger F1 calender, contracts and sponsorship commitments stop them from doing it. Quite sad really.
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RizzoTheRat
8,068 posts
61 months
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TheHeretic said: Mondo Enduro chaps. Bloody marvelous. Agree with that, have you met any of them? I went to a talk by Austin vince last year and he's a really inspirational speaker and made be want to get out there and travel. Unfortunaty I missed a talk by Lois Pryce who as far as I can tell is just as mad as he is. Hoping to go to thier adventure travel film festival in the summer.
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