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Penske recalls “our fiercest competitor” Carl Haas
Roger Penske owner has spoken movingly of Carl Haas as a friend, someone who helped him in his early days, but who also became one of Team Penske’s greatest rivals. He told Motorsport.com: “I first recall Carl Haas back in an airport race, I think it might have been in Akron, Ohio, and he was racing a little Elva Courier. He was in a smart blue driving suit and that car was also very buttoned-up! So I go back almost 60 years with Carl, and I got to know him in those days. “He and [wife] Berni became very good friends of mine as we were building our race team. I went to England with him to visit Lola a number of times and I remember him renting a big white Rolls-Royce for us rolling...
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