Peter Vack has an interesting online magazine that has a free section that comes out every Thursday. He also has subscribers to see his special treats. The magazine caters to French and Italian classic cars of all ages. "Veloce Today" is the name and can be viewed at
www.velocetoday.com. It looks like he is making some upgrades this week so you may have to be patient.
In the free section there is a two-part story about a 100+ year old racing dynasty in a Belgium family. Gee, we know a few other families like that. Anyway, grandpa,
Theodore Pilette, was in the 1913 'Indy' and came in fifth. His race was a story to tell.
His son, grandson and great-grandson were and are all racers. This one has a nice twist for this year. The Pilette family will be attending the 100th anniversary of grandpa's race and give a trophy to the person that ends up in fifth. I hope that whoever that driver is that he/she appreciates it for what it is.
Part one is written by Peter Vack and can be viewed at
http://www.velocetoday.com/one-family-100-years-of-racing/ and part two is written by Graham Gauld at
http://www.velocetoday.com/the-pilette-racing-dynasty/. According to the comments there are a couple of little mistakes, but if you read the comments you will be up to speed.
photo credit: Pilette Family
