Sounds worthy of a book Joe! But after he was made aware of it, Andy and I felt that this incident would provide a good opportunity to heighten awareness of its cultural context.
The following year Winkelmann hooked up with a young Alan Rees and ran a Formula Junior programme and a Lotus sports car and they moved on to Brabhams in 1964.
In the years that followed Rindt won 23 Formula 2 races in Winkelmann Racing cars.
Sadly, they came to an end when the firm was sold to Securicor who systematically disposed of most of the staff.