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131
“It took only a few laps
”: Hermann Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
(Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1962), 108.

131
“I laid my head back
”: Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 232.

131
“ ‘Go on, scram'
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Födisch et al.,
Trips: Erinnerungen an ein Idol
, 35.

132
“When we came out of our air-conditioned hotel
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 235.

132
“You must not give up
”: Ibid.

132
“Sheer self-preservation led me into the pits
”: Ibid.

133
“It was a blissful feeling
”: Ibid.

133
“It was love at first sight
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 245.

134
“He began to rejoin his racing friends
”: Ibid.

134
“He just sparkled
”: Louise King, interview with author, July 29, 2009.

136
“Phil came in and said
”: Denise McCluggage, interview with author, May 19, 2010.

136
“It runs fine unless I do this
”: Denise McCluggage,
By Brooks Too Broad for Leaping
(Santa Fe, NM: Fulcorte, 1994), 203.

137
“With Argentine saddles
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 238.

137
“Ferrari didn't like his drivers to marry
”: Louise King, interview with author, July 29, 2009.

138
“Men are creatures of their passions
”: “The Terrible Joys,”
New Yorker
, January 15, 1966.

138
“would pass other cars on the verge
”: Robert Daley,
Cars at Speed
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2007), 230.

138
“put courage and verve before cool
”: Enzo Ferrari,
My Terrible Joys
(London: H. Hamilton, 1963), 53.

139
“You look like a waitress
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 266.

140
“What a pity
”: Bernard Cahier,
F-Stops, Pit Stops, Laughter and Tears
(Butler, MD: Autosports, 2007), 140.

141
“even with the sacrifice
”: Stan Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
(New York: Dutton, 1975), 39.

141
“The owners see us drivers
”: “Sundown of a Champion,”
Saturday Evening Post
, May 8, 1965.

141
“Without danger there wouldn't be any point
”: “Moss in High Gear,”
New York Times
, May 7, 1961.

142
“The very uncertainty sharpens the appetite
”: Barrie Gill,
Motor Racing: The Grand Prix Greats
(Greenville, SC: Crescent, 1972), 19.

142
“The racers were the first ones to flee
”: Pat Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
(New York: Persea, 2008), 214.

143
“I've been described as anxious
”: “A Champion's Secret Thoughts,”
Sports Illustrated
, November 6, 1961.

143
“Hamlet with goggles and gloves
”: “A New World Champion,”
Automobile Quarterly
, 1962.

143
“A racer should have
”: “Too Slow, You Lose—Too Fast . . . ,”
Newsweek
, July 17, 1961.

144
“I had been to many races
”: “Wolfgang von Trips: One of Germany's Most Talented Driving Stars,”
Vintage Racecar
, May 2003.

144
“I have no lack of confidence
”: “Too Slow, You Lose—Too Fast . . . ,”
Newsweek
, July 17, 1961.

144
“All doubts, all anxieties, all memories
”: “A Champion's Secret Thoughts,”
Sports Illustrated
, November 6, 1961.

145
“Happiness lies in mastery
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 43.

145
“Once the game has become life
”: “Stirling Moss: A Nodding Acquaintance with Death,”
Playboy
, September 1962.

145
“I got more column inches
”: “Sir Stirling Moss: Cars, Crashes and Crumpet: The Original British Boy-Racer,”
Independent
(UK), July 6, 2007.

146
“Of course, I realize this is a foolish time
”: Ken Gregory,
Behind the Scenes of Motor Racing
(London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960), 201.

146
“A wife would worry
”: “World Title for P. Hill,”
Times
(London), September 11, 1961.

146
“Look at them
”: Robert Daley, interview with author, July 1, 2008.

146
“Here's 50 francs
”: “Geared to Greatness,”
Observer
(UK), September 17, 1961.

147
“When I'm away from the track
”: Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
, 208.

147
“If he saw a girl he liked
”: Louise King, interview with author, July 29, 2009.

147
“He always went off to some quiet place
”: Ibid.

148
“Adventure is like religion
”: “All in the Family,”
Time
, March 25, 1957.

148
“a Spanish James Dean
”: Phil Hill,
Phil Hill: A Driving Life
(Phoenix: David Bull, 2010), 177.

149
“That man was so busy with women
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 271.

150
“It spins so slowly
”: “A Man Who Was Born 400 Years Too Late,”
Life
, April 9, 1956.

151
“The trouble with life
”: Daley,
Cars at Speed
, 30.

151
“I am considered quite an expert
”: “Horror in Italy,”
Sports Illustrated
, May 20, 1957.

152
“Unless you're Italian
”: “Enchantment of Risk,”
Atlantic
, October 1957.

152
“If you go into this race
”: Linda Christian,
Linda
(New York: Dell, 1963), 235.

152
“My early death
”: Robert Daley,
The Cruel Sport
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2005), xii.

153
“beautiful and necessary
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

153
“Life has to be lived to the full
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 271.

154
“I had to lean to touch him
”: Christian,
Linda
, 239.

155
“As I prayed
”: Ibid., 240.

155
“where the fastest cars
”: Olivier Merlin,
Fangio: Racing Driver
(London: B. T. Batsford, 1961), 134.

156
“At first I drive well
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

157
“I had intended to give up
”: “Horror in Italy,”
Sports Illustrated
, May 20, 1957.

157
“ he put his hand on the steering wheel
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 112.

158
“When Castellotti and de Portago died
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 276.

162
“I had my job to do
”: Reinold Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
(Cologne: Greven Verlag, 1989), 245.

163
“As long as you have an interest
”: Romolo Tavoni to Wolfgang von Trips, as quoted in ibid., 249.

164
“You would go
”: Stan Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
(New York: Dutton, 1975), 226.

165
“I began to feel
”: William Nolan,
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion
(New York: G. P. Putnam, 1962), 98.

165
“You wait and we'll see
”: Denise McCluggage, interview with author, May 19, 2010.

166
“He had a terrific feel for the soul of a car
”: Ibid.

166
“I would rather drive with Phil
”: “Denise McCluggage Reporting . . . ,”
Competition Press
, November 15, 1958.

167
“Whether my open eavesdropping really made any difference
”: Grayson,
Ferrari: The Man, the Machines
, 221.

167
“I understood now
”: Ibid.

168
“During the closing stage
”: Nolan,
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion
, 99.

168
“The turns rushed up at a far greater rate
”: Ibid., 100.

168
“That was the end of my Formula 1 introduction
”: Phil Hill interviewed by Bill Pollack for the Petersen Automotive Museum, November 19, 2001.

169
“He knew where every sex club was
”: Bruce Kessler, interview with author, January 24, 2010.

169
“It seemed only an instant
”: “Crash Kills 4 in Auto Race,”
The New York Times
, February 25, 1958.

170
“A matador bears only his own risk
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

170
“I think we were all glad
”: Nolan,
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion
, 101.

171
“I've had a lot of bad luck
”: Wolfgang von Trips to Enzo Ferrari, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 265.

172
“If you want to speed
”: “The Law and Mr. Phil Hill,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 27, 1961.

172
“We could feel the problem
”: Phil Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
(Deerfield, IL: Dalton Watson, 2004), 122.

172
“Little by little we manipulated the errant brakes
”: Ibid.

173
“The volume of rain was amazing
”: Ibid.

174
“I saw you half-lying on the road
”: Wolfgang von Trips to Jean Hebert, as quoted in Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 268.

175
“That was worse than the accident
”: Bruce Kessler, interview with author, January 24, 2010.

175
“I told him, ‘No, no, no'
”: Ibid.

175
“Finally I picked up a piece
”: Ibid.

176
“so high in the air
”: Phil Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
(Deerfield, IL: Dalton Watson, 2004), 122.

176
“We had some laps in hand
”: Keith Martin,
Keith Martin on Collecting Ferrari
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2004), 5.

177
“my favorite race
”: Ibid.

177
“We all said, ‘Phil, you should do that'
”: Denise McCluggage, interview with author, May 19, 2010.

177
“At least I'd call some attention to myself
”: Nolan,
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion
, 111.

178
“Dino would say
”: Chris Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
(Hudson, WI: Transport Bookman, 1991), 318.

179
“[Collins] had become unhappy
”: Ibid., 320.

179
“Mike always screwed up
”: Ibid., 316.

181
“Italy's last world-class driver
”: Enzo Ferrari,
Una vita per l'automobile
(Bologna: Conti Editore, 1998), 197.

181
“It was a disaster
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 326.

181
“I told him that it was going to be a very hot day
”: Ibid., 324.

182
“They looked like a gang of ants
”: “Denise McCluggage Reporting . . . ,”
Competition Press
, August 16, 1958.

182
“A short time later Harry called
”: Bernard Cahier,
F-Stops, Pit Stops, Laughter and Tears
(Butler, MD: Autosports, 2007), 168.

183
“If you get in that Maserati
”: Phil Hill interviewed by Bill Pollack for the Petersen Automotive Museum, November 19, 2001.

184
“No one said a word
”: Fiamma Breschi,
Il Mio Ferrari
(Milan: Mursia, 1998), 42.

184
“There was no way
”: Bernard Cahier,
F-Stops, Pit Stops, Laughter and Tears
(Butler, MD: Autosports, 2007), 185.

184
“Here I started
”: Denis Jenkinson,
Fangio
(London: Michael Joseph, 1973), 122.

184
“I can remember being so gauche
”: Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
, 326.

185
“I took his hand and squeezed it
”: Breschi,
Il Mio Ferrari
, 42.

185
“I ran for the window
”: “Mistress of the Maestro of Maranello,”
Guardian
(UK), January 23, 2004.

185
“For a brief moment the hate
”: Breschi,
Il mio Ferrari
, 43.

185
“usurious, crazy, inhuman price
”: “Auto Road Race Ban Demanded by Italian Legislators and Press,”
New York Times
, May 14, 1957.