by Malcolm McLeod » Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:46 pm
My tribute to Eoin S Young, who regrettably is on his final lap.
Eoin,
I am pleased to say that at this very moment, a very special gathering is happening at The Barley Mow.
Rob Walker and Innes Ireland are standing next to the bar, discussing various Lotus cars they have been involved with.
Meanwhile Ken Tyrrell has launched another froth job aimed at James Hunt over comments Hunt made about Italian drivers.
Hunt is unaware that Michele Alboreto has just arrived in the latest Ferrari, which is a present for Ken.
Meanwhile, Denny Hulme is busy discussing touring cars with Black Jack and Jenks, Jenks being quite impressed with Denny's description of the old Brno circuit.
And George Harrison, who arrived in one of Gordon Murray's Rocket cars, is now sitting down with Bruce McLaren, who is busy doing doodles on a table cloth coming up with improvements for it.
The gathering is brought to order by Teddy Mayer, who explains that no matter how enjoyable previous lunches have been, the future ones will be even better, due to the pending, but unexpected, arrival of the gentleman who should have been given a knighthood for his services to Motorsport and journalism, Mr Eoin S Young.
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Eoin, I have really enjoyed reading your "Straight From The Grid" columns through the years, and also your books.
It really saddens me to hear you are on your last lap, but wow, the enjoyment you have had on those laps, during what some would discribe as the best era in Formula One, must come close to making up for the bad times.
I must admit that a lot of my enjoyment of my hobby of collecting Motorsport books, has been due to you. You ARE correct, the thrill of tracking down rare material is just, um, so much fun! I recently purchased a copy of the Evan Green book "Journeys With Gelignite Jack", which had been autographed by all 4 members of that excursion around Australia....about $NZ180 worth. Without your, I guess, approval of such collecting, I doubt if I ever would have tried.
I still rate that Chris Amon dinner at Hampton Downs, where I was sitting at YOUR table, to be one of my most enjoyable nights. Not least because of you grabbing my Forza Amon book to refresh your memory of any humorous stories, in case you got called up to talk! And that photo of Graham and a young Damon Hill you gave Damon.....
The chequered flag may be getting prepared to be unfurled, and the last chapter may be almost finished being written, but thank you for your services to the golden era of New Zealand, and International, Motorsport - and to the memorabilia industry.
God speed, Eoin.
My tribute to Eoin S Young, who regrettably is on his final lap.
Eoin,
I am pleased to say that at this very moment, a very special gathering is happening at The Barley Mow.
Rob Walker and Innes Ireland are standing next to the bar, discussing various Lotus cars they have been involved with.
Meanwhile Ken Tyrrell has launched another froth job aimed at James Hunt over comments Hunt made about Italian drivers.
Hunt is unaware that Michele Alboreto has just arrived in the latest Ferrari, which is a present for Ken.
Meanwhile, Denny Hulme is busy discussing touring cars with Black Jack and Jenks, Jenks being quite impressed with Denny's description of the old Brno circuit.
And George Harrison, who arrived in one of Gordon Murray's Rocket cars, is now sitting down with Bruce McLaren, who is busy doing doodles on a table cloth coming up with improvements for it.
The gathering is brought to order by Teddy Mayer, who explains that no matter how enjoyable previous lunches have been, the future ones will be even better, due to the pending, but unexpected, arrival of the gentleman who should have been given a knighthood for his services to Motorsport and journalism, Mr Eoin S Young.
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Eoin, I have really enjoyed reading your "Straight From The Grid" columns through the years, and also your books.
It really saddens me to hear you are on your last lap, but wow, the enjoyment you have had on those laps, during what some would discribe as the best era in Formula One, must come close to making up for the bad times.
I must admit that a lot of my enjoyment of my hobby of collecting Motorsport books, has been due to you. You ARE correct, the thrill of tracking down rare material is just, um, so much fun! I recently purchased a copy of the Evan Green book "Journeys With Gelignite Jack", which had been autographed by all 4 members of that excursion around Australia....about $NZ180 worth. Without your, I guess, approval of such collecting, I doubt if I ever would have tried.
I still rate that Chris Amon dinner at Hampton Downs, where I was sitting at YOUR table, to be one of my most enjoyable nights. Not least because of you grabbing my Forza Amon book to refresh your memory of any humorous stories, in case you got called up to talk! And that photo of Graham and a young Damon Hill you gave Damon.....
The chequered flag may be getting prepared to be unfurled, and the last chapter may be almost finished being written, but thank you for your services to the golden era of New Zealand, and International, Motorsport - and to the memorabilia industry.
God speed, Eoin.