A Forgotten Recording - Sir Stirling Moss, OBE (1929-2020)

On February 1, 2005, 20-year-old me had the opportunity to sit down with Sir Stirling Moss. It was on a night in which the Madison Sports Car Club held 50th anniversary celebration – "A Night with Sir Stirling Moss." Stirling sat with me for five minutes and we recounted his time being Johnson Wax's ambassador with the Can-Am Series and his thoughts about some of those who competed.

 

It took me three converter programs to get the 2005 audio file up to current mp3 formatting, but here you go. Its rough. I'm rough (I'm still rough.) It ends without notice, as things do some times. 

 

But damn Stirling was fantastic.

 

Earlier in the evening, I presented he and Lady Moss with an event program from the 1961 International Gold Cup, which was held at Oulton Park, and won by Stirling in Rob Walker's Lotus 18. Lady Moss gave me a giant hug and thanked me- they didn't have much for programs, as Stirling went to events to race and didn't have many programs from his race wins. Through the dinner I saw the two of them paging through the program from a few tables away, grinning like mad. They only married in 1980, so it was something new for them to share.

 

While this recording has nothing to do with Formula Ford competition, I didn't know where or how else to post it. Stirling was a huge fan of FF in its infancy, so if nothing else, here's the five minutes I got to spend with one of the greatest of all-time.

 

Cheers,

 

JD