I was doing some research for the 1965 NZGP and thinking that is already 50 years ago. But then I realized that it is almost June 2nd. I was in Sydney 45 years ago and went into a post office and the counter person said "I am sorry to hear about your fellow New Zealander ". I had not heard the news about Bruce's death before that and it came as a complete shock. I think we all grow up having a hero and that is what Bruce McLaren was to me. He could have walked on water in my book. He was an inspiration and I always wanted try to get an opportunity to meet him or eventually to work for him. That never happened.
Thank you Bruce for all that you created in that very short life time that you had.
I remember what you wrote about Timmy Mayer when he died at Longford.
" In his eulogy of team mate and friend Tim Mayer, Bruce McLaren wrote: "The news that he had died instantly was a terrible shock to all of us, but who is to say that he had not seen more, done more and learned more in his few years than many people do in a lifetime? To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one's ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone."
Great eulogy from a great man.
45 years ago. Never to be forgotten.

(Ken Hyndman )