Heros and Idols, one and the same.

Here are two of mine. They made engines sing and they made cars do things that couldn’t be done.

The first is Sir Stirling Moss who has the distinction of being the greatest driver never to win the World Championship.

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Sir Stirling to drive DBR1 at Le Mans 48 years after historic win

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Aston Martin. Stirling Moss. Le Mans. Do we really need to say more?

Those three names conjure up all sorts of history inspired daydreams. The dream was the reality though, with Moss winning endurance races at Le Mans, Goodwood and the Nurburgring at the wheel of the mighty Aston Martin DBR 1. Shortly, that historic image of Moss at the wheel of an Aston will be recreated for the 2007 Le Mans Legends race which happens before the start of the 24 hours on June 16.

Please oh please people, get your videos of this historic occasion up onto the gootoobz right away for us poor sods who are stuck in North America!

Aston Martin press release after the break
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