Heartwarming story from the FoS
Discussion
My company recently supplied one of our Trekinetic K-2 wheelchairs to Le Mans and Bathurst 1000 Legend Win Percy.
Well yesterday, I caught up with Win at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Win told me this lovely story that I think is worth repeating.
When he was in his heyday, dominating the gruelling Bathurst 1000, driving the TWR works Holdens in Australia, this little boy would often come down and sit down on the pit wall during practice.
Win took a liking to this little chap, who was always asking lots of questions, so he used to give him the odd used spark plug to hold, even though Win new he took them home.
This weekend was (apparently) Win's first visit to Goodwood and he was treated like royalty, even picked up at the airport in a RR Phantom.
Then on Saturday, in the drivers enclosure this tall chap in racing overalls strides up to Win and says
"It's wonderful to see you Win. It's been along time. My names Mark Webber and you might like to know, I kept all those plugs......."
Well yesterday, I caught up with Win at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Win told me this lovely story that I think is worth repeating.
When he was in his heyday, dominating the gruelling Bathurst 1000, driving the TWR works Holdens in Australia, this little boy would often come down and sit down on the pit wall during practice.
Win took a liking to this little chap, who was always asking lots of questions, so he used to give him the odd used spark plug to hold, even though Win new he took them home.
This weekend was (apparently) Win's first visit to Goodwood and he was treated like royalty, even picked up at the airport in a RR Phantom.
Then on Saturday, in the drivers enclosure this tall chap in racing overalls strides up to Win and says
"It's wonderful to see you Win. It's been along time. My names Mark Webber and you might like to know, I kept all those plugs......."
Desperately want to believe it as it's a wonderful heart-warming story.
The fly that thrashes about in the ointment is that Win has been a regular feature at Goodwood over the past decade, I distinctly remember his mastery of a D-type in happier days back in 1999 at a very wet Revival meeting.
Irrespective of this it's one ot those tales (like the Imola/Austrian flag/Senna story) that you just wish to be true as it restores some faith in humanity.....
The fly that thrashes about in the ointment is that Win has been a regular feature at Goodwood over the past decade, I distinctly remember his mastery of a D-type in happier days back in 1999 at a very wet Revival meeting.
Irrespective of this it's one ot those tales (like the Imola/Austrian flag/Senna story) that you just wish to be true as it restores some faith in humanity.....
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