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cicero819 · 11-27-2009, 09:46 PM

I can remember driving to Indy in 71, when my brother and I where broken down on the side of the road with his 1969z/28 with a dead ignition and all of a sudden Don Prudhomme Stop with his car Hauler(he was in a station wagon chaser) his whole crew got out and started working on the car and got us back on the road with an extra tune up(I think the car pick up a second) Don didn't want to see anyone miss the show, a hell of a nice thing to do. Never forgot it, many years after I had a chance to talk with Don, and he remembered stopping. He had said "sure I remember your brother, I still can't believe he could actually fit in that car. My brother was hard to forget at 6'6" and built like a linebacker(he could barely fit in a helicopter as a Pilot)

11-27-2009, 09:46 PM	#44
cicero819 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aylmer Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,086 Likes: 31 Liked 68 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Remember when we had to leave the pits ? I can remember driving to Indy in 71, when my brother and I where broken down on the side of the road with his 1969z/28 with a dead ignition and all of a sudden Don Prudhomme Stop with his car Hauler(he was in a station wagon chaser) his whole crew got out and started working on the car and got us back on the road with an extra tune up(I think the car pick up a second) Don didn't want to see anyone miss the show, a hell of a nice thing to do. Never forgot it, many years after I had a chance to talk with Don, and he remembered stopping. He had said "sure I remember your brother, I still can't believe he could actually fit in that car. My brother was hard to forget at 6'6" and built like a linebacker(he could barely fit in a helicopter as a Pilot)