Bob Wallace dies of heart attack

[David Manton]

One of NZ's understated motorsport legends has died in his workshop at Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 75. Bob Wallace, after 20 years in Italian motorsport in the 1960s, including being the original development engineer and first test driver at Lamborghini, has died at the age of 75. His brother Charlie (still in NZ) confirms that Bob had an unexpected heart attack while in the place he loved, his workshop and restoration shop in Phoenix, Arizona. Bob was a lovely bloke with an amazing recall of his time in Modena (and a fabulous photo album). Some of the stories cannot be repeated but others he said could be repeated once he had gone.... An initial look at this incredible bloke is a 12 page tribute in my book "Enzo Ferrari's Secret War".