Fellow Car Nuts:
Larry H. Miller just passed away. This is very sad news for the Cobra world. Larry was most gracious in bringing some of history's most incredible cars to many local car shows. He didn't hide them and squirrel them away. He wanted the world to see them.
I will never forget a local charity that held a car show a couple of years ago where Larry brought Comp Cobras, street Cobras, and GT 40's (notice I mention these cars in plural). There were more GT40's than street Cobras at the show! He took up 1/2 of the building. He even had the GT-40 MKII Ken Miles drove at the 1966 Lemans! He let us walk around the cars, take close ups, breathe on them etc. To him they were just cars, special cars to be sure, but people were more important to him than cars ever were or could have been. He was just a very kind man to be around. Every time I saw him, I thanked him for showing his cars all over the place. Without fail, every time he thanked ME for taking the time to come and see them!
Of course, we have had a special relationship with the Miller family for the past years with the incredible Miller Motorsports race track. Every time I see another track I get the willies! (and not in a good way!)
Too many walls, too many accidents waiting to happen. Larry paved run offs, widened lanes and did everything he could to make the track as safe as possible. No one ever realized how much money he spent to keep us from plowing our cars into the wall. The track is superb and well worth the trip here to Utah to experience it.
Our sincere condolences to the Miller family,
David
