Moss regrets retirement

Press, 2 October 1979, Page 6

Moss regrets retirement

PA Auckland i < i Stirling Moss, one of the great-1 est motor racing drivers in the] 1 last 25 years, regrets retiring! I from the sport when he did. 1 The Englishman, who arrived • in Auckland yesterday to drive a VW Golf GTI n the long distance saloon car race at Pukekohe on Sunday, hung up his helmet after a near fatal acct-| dent at Easter in 1962. 1 “I took the right decision, but] it was at the wrong time,” said I Moss. He sees the Benson and Hedge’ race at fukekobe as a possible! come-back of sorts into the sport- ' “Provided I don’t make a fool

of myself I might do some mq | racing, M he said. | Moss made his return to t track in 1977 when he drove J Maserati in a special historic ri before that year’s Le Mans < hour race. He wasted little time prep ing for Sunday’s race after arrived yesterday. Moss spent I afternoon at Pukekohe drivt the car he will share with I Zealand’s former world era 'pion, Denny Hulme. I It will be his first race i| ' front-wheel drive car. and first time be has competed J Pukekohe. Moss last drove • I New Zealand in Januan. I onlv a few months before 1: accident.