I grew up reading his articles but I never knew he raced! Please extend him my gratitude for the many well written columns that helped shape my young mind. I started my subscription in when I was 8 in 1990, and I waited for each issue to hit the mailbox with great anticipation. I still have them all in my file cabinet. I still think Car and Driver had the smartest writers and the best auto publication that existed at that time. Still enjoy it, but the Bedard, Yates, Csere years are by far my favorite. He has my respect and admiration.
Jackie was obviously erring on the side of caution with his comments but they ended up being wrong. What actually was needed was better cars, more safety features built into them, which is what happened, along with the HANS device, which has saved many lives by now, along with soft walls and carbon fiber, etc.
Jackie Stewart thought 200 mph was too fast. Only 11 years later in '95 the fastest qualifiers were 35 mph faster than that and it took a 225+ to even make it into the field.
