At 82, Paul Goldsmith Remains Fastest
Mar 15, 2008
Courtesy of Indycar.com
“When I was racing and test driving, I couldn’t get around to all the tracks and test sites across the nation,” Goldsmith said. “So I learned how to fly.”
When Goldsmith says flying is safer than driving, he has personal experience to back it up.
“I never had a problem up in the air, “ he said. “I even felt safer racing motorcycles. There are more things that can go wrong with a car.”
“I was racing in Riverside, Calif., and my brakes went out just as I approached a 90-degree turn. I crashed so hard that it knocked my kidney and liver out of place.”
But it didn’t knock him out of racing.
“I had no fear coming back,” Goldsmith said. “To me, racing was just like any other business. You’ve got to go back to work.”
