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The Bear

Bear Unbowed. It's Mosport 1970 and Bruce has just been killed. His own hands badly burned, Denny won't win this weekend (McLaren guest driver Dan Gurney will), but he is holding the Kiwis together and he will drive the M8D "Batmobile" to his second Can-Am championship. Photo: Pete Lyons - www.petelyons.com

Drivers today try to be nice and personable and PR-presentable, even though for some you can tell it’s hard work. But there was a time in racing when such individuals figured driving hard was all the work their job called for.

“I didn’t really enjoy the press a helluva lot…I was much happier around the swimming pool at the hotel, and then straight to the circuit and do my thing. Not that I was hiding from the fans or anything like that, but I just wanted to be myself.”

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