One of the few awful things that we have to contend with in the historic racing world is the relentless loss of our heroes. Sadly, every year brings news of more legends whose stories and experiences will be lost to us forever. Here at VRJ, more often than not, the task of summarizing one of these legends’ lives falls on me.

It’s a very strange and difficult thing to try and summarize a person’s entire life and accomplishments within a prescribed number of words. There always seems to be so much left unsaid and unrevealed. Such was the case this month with the passing of Porsche legend Milt Minter.

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