The last of Eoin S Young's articles to be published is in the Tony Loxley (
Full Throttle Publications)
Tasman Cup book, now available and being officially launched next week (September 16) at the HSRCA's Social Night.
When Tony approached Eoin about writing something for this book he was met with two things - first, a great willingness to do something, to recall for posterity the great days of his youthful exuberance; second, that it was a commercial operation and he wanted to be well paid!
An agreement was reached and I really don't know if it was the last item written by this prolific man. But it has been given eight full pages in the book and it's accompanied by many of his photos, all but one in colour... photos of moments he remembered so well with the greats...
...and photos of specifically McLaren times:
It's all interesting stuff and just what you'd have expected from Eoin in his final days. Nothing of the fun of the past forgotten, nothing of the importance of the events neglected, nothing of the tragedies downplayed, nothing of the camaraderie left out.
I remember well how Eoin's presence in those days was always associated with the fun of the pre-race and post-race times, I'm guessing he was there, however, because he did a good job during the races and working for his team and team-mates.
Having his close insight into the doings in the teams, and I do mean more than at Cooper and McLaren, enabled all enthusiasts who read his columns to be better informed in times of dramatic advances in motor racing.
The last of Eoin S Young's articles to be published is in the Tony Loxley ([i]Full Throttle Publications[/i]) [b]Tasman Cup[/b] book, now available and being officially launched next week (September 16) at the HSRCA's Social Night.
When Tony approached Eoin about writing something for this book he was met with two things - first, a great willingness to do something, to recall for posterity the great days of his youthful exuberance; second, that it was a commercial operation and he wanted to be well paid!
An agreement was reached and I really don't know if it was the last item written by this prolific man. But it has been given eight full pages in the book and it's accompanied by many of his photos, all but one in colour... photos of moments he remembered so well with the greats...
[img]http://s26.postimg.org/lw3iu3cc9/ESYhillinhospital.jpg[/img]
...and photos of specifically McLaren times:
[img]http://s26.postimg.org/z1j10767t/ESYmclarensinservicestn.jpg[/img]
It's all interesting stuff and just what you'd have expected from Eoin in his final days. Nothing of the fun of the past forgotten, nothing of the importance of the events neglected, nothing of the tragedies downplayed, nothing of the camaraderie left out.
I remember well how Eoin's presence in those days was always associated with the fun of the pre-race and post-race times, I'm guessing he was there, however, because he did a good job during the races and working for his team and team-mates.
Having his close insight into the doings in the teams, and I do mean more than at Cooper and McLaren, enabled all enthusiasts who read his columns to be better informed in times of dramatic advances in motor racing.