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... se nse, dece ncy a nd fa irnes s. Al l of t hese were read ily ap paren t in h is spe ech a t the foun ding of S cude ria C olon ia in the Villa Opp enhe im n ear C olog ne, o n Jan uary 13, 1960 , prese nted in h is ow n tau t dic tion with a sli ght R heni sh ac cent. Von Trip s him self l ived by these virtu es. C ount von Trip s, wi thou t dou bt, w as an d is f ully q ualifi ed to serv e as a n ido l and inspi ratio n. Alon g wi th h is ni ckna mes “Cou nt C rash” and “Ta ffy” (not unr elate d to the adje ctive “tou gh,”) von Trip s was calle d “th e last knig ht.” N ome n est ome n – t he na me is a sig n, th e nam e and h is sta tion repre sent the m an. Th is is n ot ne cessa rily t he ca se fo r all Germ an n obili ty, w ho, in th e 195 0s, jo usted on t he ra ce tr ack a s onc e the ir an cesto rs di d in the l ists, in st eel a rmou r, with lanc e and swo rd. Even the hard -boil ed E nzo Ferra ri co uld n ot de ny th e ver y spe cial c haris ma o f the Ger man coun t. Fo r him , von Trip s was in th e van guar d of a new , fou rth g ener ation of ra ce dr ivers , one of the fi rst ge nuin e pro fessio nals. “I w as esp ecial ly fon d of him beca use o f his great inte grity ... H e was i ncre dibly fast, and even in m ome nts o f gre at da ring that smile ting ed w ith s adne ss ne ver ...
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