Word: medenica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...competition at any level is not just plain fun for these men. Racing requires money, a fact of life that leads to conflicts between their personal politics and the world of racing. "It's a frightening sport. You've got to do everything big money demands to get it," Medenica explains. "A lot of people who are big in racing are big-time fascists. Even in Europe, road-racing itsn't necessarily considered right-on. There's a lot of politics in racing, and for the most part, I don't agree with a lot of the people involved...
...United States, road racing types are a lot more liberal," Medenica says. "I don't try to justify it anymore, because I know it satisfies me." Aronson admits to a "constant struggle" between his politics and his racing involvement, but for now he says his commitment to the sport remains strong...
Aronson and Medenica supervise the fund-raising and mechanical aspects of the team, but the really essential member is 23-year-old Herne, whose hair-raising driving exploits earned him the sobriquet "Hero" at the beginning of the season. A soft-spoken native of Williamstown, Mass., Herne is so devoted to the sport that he poured all of his savings into the team. Currently, Herne's finances are so tight that he is forced to sleep on a friend's couch. He is now looking for a job to help meet expenses for next year. Herne says that like every...
...Medenica, a former driver, knows all too well about what that one little mistake can mean. On Labor Day, 1976, while in third place in New England Formula Ford standings, Medenica crashed in a practice session at Lime Rock, plowing into another car that had spun out into a blind spot over a rise. Medenica's fragile car collapsed around his legs, fracturing both ankles. It was five months before he could walk without rutches, and he may still need another operation to regain full use in his right foot...
Although he could no longer drive, Medenica wanted to stay in motoring racing, so last spring he decided to form a team with Aronson. After shelling out $6000 for a car, the next necessity was a driver. Medenica had seen Herne in races the previous year, so he wrote to the young racer and offered him a job. "The whole thing just snowballed from there," Medenica says. After several fits and starts, the team got untracked late in the spring, racing through mid-September whenever possible. Herne rolled up 30 points to the runner-up's 27 to capture...