Sad, but true - the news is that Phil Hill, the first American to win a Formula One World Drivers Championship, passed away at 10:30 this morning. Hill was 81 years old and lived a long and competitive life - including winning the LeMans 24 race ('58 & '62) and was a prolific automotive journalist that contributed volumes of text to Road & Track. At a time when too many racers expired at the wheel, Phil Hill pushed on, made history, and lived to tell about it.
Got something to say, a memory, or a kind word to his family?
http://www.philhill.com/remember_2.html
He will be missed - especially for his contribution to "doing the donut" (hint, it's 28 seconds in).
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