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1/27/11, 5:42 PM   #13
Re: The Greatest 33 @ the Indy 500 of All Tim
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Is that Wiber Shaw any relation to Wilbur? Just kidding! Wilbur Shaw was one of my favorites. I enjoyed his automobile road test in Popular Science magazine and "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" was one of the first racing books I bought. Sadly, he died in a plane crash on Oct. 30, 1954 near Decatur, IN on his way back from testing the 1955 Chrysler. I am surprised that his hometown of Shelbyville, IN does not have any recognition of him, such as a plaque denoting that as his hometown.
Shaw's book is one of the best I have ever read. I urge anybody that hasn't read it to do so.

Speaking of driver's hometowns, I just recently found out that Ted Horn was born in my hometown of Cincinnati. Cool.
 
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