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64
“When I close my eyes
”: Chimits et al.,
Grand Prix Racers: Portraits of Speed
, 112.

65
“Then how would you like to drive it at Le Mans
”: Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
, 85.

66
“I hate Le Mans
”: “Le Mans Circus,”
Time
, June 29, 1959.

66
“Just imagine
”: “The Tragedy at Le Mans,”
Sports Illustrated
, May 12, 1986.

67
“We have to get some sort of signal system working
”: “Death at Le Mans,”
Time
, June 20, 1955.

69
“He was torn between his fear and his ambition
”: Chris Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
(Hudson, WI: Transport Bookman, 1991), 124.

70
“momentarily mesmerized by the legend
”: Ibid., 115.

71
“At this stage I was driving flat out
”: Ibid.

71
“I was pumped
”: Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
, 85.

72
“The crushing sound of its landing
”: Douglas Rutherford,
The Chequered Flag
(London: Collins, 1956), 139.

73
“The scene on the other side of the road was indescribable
”: Duncan Hamilton,
Touch Wood
(London: Motoraces Book Club, 1964), 166.

73
“He is dead
”: John Fitch,
Racing with Mercedes
(Sandy, UT: Aardvark, 2006) 67.

74
“It was by pure chance
”: Jenkinson,
Fangio
, 88.

74
“I could see a body
”: Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
, 121.

74
“Now the lock meant we couldn't get out
”: Ibid.

75
“At this point I was numbed by it all
”: Ibid., 122.

75
“theatrical gesture
”: Robert Edwards,
Stirling Moss: The Authorized Biography
(London: Cassell, 2001), 97.

76
“easily build a case inside my head
”: Ibid., 85.

77
“Why test? I'm sure he can do it
”: Tim Considine,
American Grand Prix Racing
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 1997), 63.

77
“So many women and children
”: Ibid.

77
“I spent a great deal of time
”: Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
, 122.

82
“The symptoms of his illness were now perceptible
”: Enzo Ferrari,
Una vita per l'automobile
(Bologna: Conti Editore, 1998), 149.

83
“I had always deluded myself
”: Enzo Ferrari,
My Terrible Joys
(London: H. Hamilton, 1963), 44.

83
“the race is lost
”: Ibid.

84
“It was watching races like that
”: Enzo Ferrari,
Una vita per l'automobile
, 11.

85
“I was alone
”: Richard Williams,
Enzo Ferrari
(London: Yellow Jersey Press, 2001), 17.

86
“I have killed my mother
”: “Enzo Ferrari, Builder of Racing Cars, Is Dead at 90,”
New York Times
, August 16, 1988.

87
“There is no finer thrill in the world
”: “That Blood-Red Ferrari Mystique,”
New York Times
, July 25, 1965.

88
“In later years I saw many instances
”: Pat Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
(New York: Persea, 2008), 201.

88
“nearly always accompanied by breathtaking women
”: Enzo Ferrari,
My Terrible Joys
, 110.

88
“I don't think he liked anyone
”: Brock Yates,
Enzo Ferrari: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine
(New York: Doubleday, 1991), 3.

88
“What a ridiculous thing to say
”: “That Blood-Red Ferrari Mystique,”
New York Times
, July 25, 1965.

89
“I am not an industrialist
”: “The Terrible Joys,”
New Yorker
, January 15, 1966.

90
“One must keep working continuously
”: Ibid.

90
“Ferrari took a little mouthful
”: Phil Hill,
Ferrari: A Champion's View
(Deerfield, IL: Dalton Watson, 2004), 48.

90
“The violins would come out
”: Denise McCluggage, interview with author, May 19, 2010.

90
“Will God forgive me
”: “Only This Race Left and von Trips Was World Champion,”
Paris Match
, September 23, 1961.

91
“man I respected
”: Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
, 205.

91
“a Dr. No character
”: Doug Nye, interview with author, October 31, 2008.

91
“Because when a man has taken something
”: “That Blood-Red Ferrari Mystique,”
New York Times
, July 25, 1965.

92
“If you go into a 100 mph corner at 101
”: “Life in the Fast Lane,”
Orange County Magazine
, August 1982.

92
“nodding acquaintance with death
”: Rainer Schlegelmilch et al.,
Ferrari
(Cologne: Konemann, 2004), 13.

92
“Racing is a great mania
”: “Ferrari Formula for Success,”
Times
(London), July 4, 1962.

96
“The days of my youth
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Reinold Louis et al.,
Vom Rittergut zur Rennstrecke
(Cologne: Marzellen Verlag, 2008), 16.

96
“The village boys were rather rude
”: Hermann Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
(Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1962), 53–54.

97
“My friends and I did the cruelest things
”: Ibid., 53–54.

97
“We drove the car through the gates
”: Ibid., 54.

101
“Nobody had seen me fall
”: Ibid., 73.

101
“I can't remember how many corpses we carried
”: Louis et al.,
Vom Rittergut zur Rennstrecke
, 28.

101
“I experienced hell
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 73.

101
“From there you can follow the battle
”: Ibid.

102
“The planes were literally flying around my ears
”: Ibid., 74.

103
“We were really down
”: Ibid., 75.

105
“In a magnificent cloud of dust
”: Ibid., 77.

106
“She stood out
”: Ibid., 78.

107
“a girl who lit me on fire
”: Ibid.

107
“She was like a princess
”: Ibid., 79.

109
“He sleeps easily
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

109
“Man, Trips, now eat something
”: Ibid.

109
“The count was a chicken
”: Helmut Clasen, interview with Michael Dumiak, June 1, 2009.

109
“He always had accidents
”: Ibid.

110
“At the moment my dreams are haunted by Porsches
”: Louis et al.,
Vom Rittergut zur Rennstrecke
, 131.

110
“I've become a different person
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Louis et al.,
Vom Rittergut zur Rennstrecke
, 133.

110
“Every gold medal meant 75 smackers
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

111
“What we need, and now possess
”: Alfred Neubaur to Hans-Willi Bernartz, as quoted in Jörg-Thomas Födisch et al.,
Trips: Erinnerungen an ein Idol
(Heel: Königswinter, 1998), 29.

111
“I said, ‘The Mille Miglia?'
”: “Von Trips Leads Way in Auto Trials at Monza,”
New York Times
, September 10, 1961.

112
“I was at a crossroads
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 88.

112
“I was half a minute late
”: Ibid., 89.

112
“I had never seen the roads before
”: “Von Trips Leads Way in Auto Trials at Monza,”
New York Times
, September 10, 1961.

113
“The experts looked at us
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 89.

113
“I'm sorry, no
”: Ibid., 90.

113
“I always had the ambition
”: Ibid., 73.

114
“I have no idea yet how to justify
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Louis et al.,
Vom Rittergut zur Rennstrecke
, 133.

114
“That was the hardest
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 91.

114
“I thought I was struck by lightning
”: Ibid.

115
“I was strained to the breaking point
”: Ibid., 92.

115
“I request you call immediately
”: Ibid., 94.

115
“He was an amazing character
”: Dennis David, “Alfred Neubauer,”
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/neub_bio.htm
.

116
“world's loneliest human being
”: Ibid.

117
“I notice how the big races stay with you
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 98.

117
“It would be very kind of you
”: Wolfgang von Trips to Stirling Moss, as quoted in Louis et al.,
Vom Rittergut zur Rennstrecke
, 211.

118
“Can you do anything for me?
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 103.

119
“The race leaders directed their gaze
”: Ibid.

119
“To climb into the cockpit of a Formula 1 car
”: Ibid., 104.

120
“was a fencing foil
”: “Count Crash,”
Der Spiegel
, May 18, 1960.

120
“My arms were completely stiff
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 104.

120
“the right front wheel flutter
”: Reinold Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
(Cologne: Greven Verlag, 1989), 221–222.

120
“I saw the tree coming at me
”: “Von Trips Leads the Way in Auto Trials at Monza,”
The New York Times
, September 10, 1961.

121
“I lay on the ground
”: Ibid.

121
“He looked at me like I was a ghost
”: Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
, 222.

121
“The next day I could barely move
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 105.

121
“I wanted to prove
”: Ibid.

121
“Ferrari decided that if I wanted to drive that badly
”: “Von Trips Leads Way in Auto Trials at Monza,”
New York Times
, September 10, 1961.

121
“He was very fast
”: Enzo Ferrari,
Una vita per l'automobile
(Bologna: Conti Editore, 1998), 163.

122
“He conducted himself as an ordinary guy
”: Stirling Moss, interview with author, October 5, 2008.

123
“The dirtiest one there
”: Elfriede Flossdorf interview, as quoted in Jörg-Thomas Födisch and Christian Dewitz,
Trips: Bilder eines Lebens
(Bonn: Köllen Druck+Verlag, 2000), 140.

123
“His voice did not sound
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 139.

124
“Anyone as intense as I was
”: John Lamm,
Ferrari: Stories from Those Who Lived the Legend
(St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2007), 35.

124
“You don't need a mechanical knowledge
”: Stirling Moss, interview with author, October 5, 2008.

124
“He is the type who does not gingerly taste the limit
”: Harster,
Das Rennen ist nie zu Ende
, 70.

125
“Most racers I know had unhappy childhoods
”: Pat Jordan,
The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan
(New York: Persea, 2008), 214.

127
“They live in their own country
”: Ken W. Purdy,
The New Matadors
(Newport Beach, CA: Bond, 1965), 39.

129
“Peter was remarkably good looking
”: Chris Nixon,
Mon Ami Mate
(Hudson, WI: Transport Bookman, 1991), 186.

129
“Peter was a fantastic companion
”: Jörg-Thomas Födisch et al.,
Trips: Erinnerungen an ein Idol
(Heel: Königswinter, 1998) 54.

129
“The ship's horn sounded
”: Ibid., 54.

129
“There he stood, wondering what to do
”: Wolfgang von Trips diary, as quoted in Födisch et al.,
Trips: Erinnerungen an ein Idol
, 54.

130
“So began a wild chase
”: Ibid.

130
“Every time I tried it
”: Reinold Louis,
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
(Cologne: Greven Verlag, 1989), 232.