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Old 01-23-07, 08:23 AM   #4 (permalink)
FRPGUY
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Re: Bruce McLaren Movie

Wow! I hope they do it right. The movie makes should tell it like it was and not make a "make believe" story. I met Bruce and Tyler Alexander when I was seventeen years old, and it was these two guys that inspired me to get into race cars and racing. I even got to do some fiberglass work on one of Bruce's cars. Not many people know that Tyler lived in Hingham, Massachusetts USA and the McLaren Team used to come to Tyler's parents home as a base of operations and some good ol' New England clam bakes. You knew when the Team was there, when you drove by Tyler's parents house and see the cars parked by the garage behind the house. For a seventeen year old driving by in my MGA, it was exciting stuff!
I first met Bruce at a party where I embarassed my self in front of Bruce by backing out of the drive-way and tore the door off my MGA catching the door in a snow bank. Bruce helped me tie the door back on the car so I could go home. I'm sure ther is a lot of people with a ton of Bruce McLaren stories.
I hope the movie shows a lot of CAN AM racing, that was just amazing!
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