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Welcome!
This
website was created to honor and
remember one of the most extraordinary and underrated drivers who ever lived.
A
short bio that I wrote on the Kansas City Flash first appeared on Atlas F1's
Internet site in July of 2000. To view the article, click here:
www.atlasf1.com
A modified and improved version of the
Atlas F1 article appeared as a feature
article in issue number three of
Historic Motor Racing
magazine.
For
those interested in learning more about Masten's
life and racing career, I have recently
self-published a biography on Masten and the book
can be purchased at
Be
sure to visit my Audio
Clips
page. This page contains audio clips which were
taken from rare interviews conducted with Masten
in the 50s and 60s. All you need is a Real
Player (which most Internet users have) in order to download and play back the clips. If you have
trouble hearing the audio clips, be sure to check your volume controls.
Newsflash!
Did
You Know Masten Gregory was David Letterman's
Favorite Driver?
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Masten
Anecdotes:
"Suddenly
there was an almighty howl of sound, a blast of wind, the whole car shook,
and Masten went steaming past like a bat out of hell. He was well out in
the lead with the Lister-Jaguar all sideways, his arms crossed up and
fighting the steering. I remember having a sudden twinge of shock and
thinking 'To heck with this, if this is motor racing I'm going to
give up now.' It really put me off. I didn't think anyone could drive
a car as quickly as that."--Formula One Legend Jim Clark commenting on Masten
at the 1958 Spa Grand Prix sports car race in 1959.
"You
remember, at Indianapolis two years ago he started thirty-first and in
half an hour he was lying sixth. Anybody who blows off twenty-five Indy
drivers in thirty minutes is serious, and he's not thinking much
about what he's going to have for breakfast tomorrow, either." --
Boris 'Bob' Said, commenting on Masten's 1965 Indy 500 performance in a
1967 interview.
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Date
last updated: 04/16/05
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© 2003 by Michael J. Cox.
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