Classic Motorsport Photos

[Roo]

"Having made its Trans-Am debut the day prior in the hands of Mark Donohue, the first Penske Racing Camaro was then shared by George Wintersteen, Joe Welch, and Bob Brown in the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours (Donohue switched across to a factory Ford GT MkII). Here the Phil Hill/Mike Spence Chaparral 2F blasts by the Penske machine on the banking. Neither car finished."

Citroen SM driven by Belgians Roland de Jamblinne & Jean Bagrit in the Spa 24 hours in 1971. They DNF after the car suffered an engine failure.

Prior to the start of the 1922 Indy 500:

Bill Vukovich poses with his mechanics after winning the 1953 Indy 500:

 

[Roo]

Came across this unusual Nissan 300ZX from the 1994 and 1995 JGTC seasons, pictured here in 1994 at Fuji. It was built from a road car and run by Team Le Mans, and had a few names in various iterations, but was most commonly known as the Nissan 300ZX-LM. It had a few body styles but my favourite is this NASCAR-esque version. The team replaced it with an IMSA GTS spec 300ZX for 1997.

Also, bonus shot of the Lancia 037 entered in the third round at Fuji in 1994. It didn't do well on Fuji's long straight.

 

[Liquid]

1959 Monegasque Grand Prix

 

[Roo]

The start at Monza, 1970:

Other images I have no information for:

 

[Liquid]

One guy in that 037 picture way ahead of his time with that mask.

 

[Pete05]

The start at Monza, 1970:

Other images I have no information for:

I think that the pic of the Ferrari Driver sitting in his car studying the times, is the late Michele Alboreto.

With Senna topping the times, and Lauda still around, I'm assuming this is 1985. The Ferrari steering wheel says it has to be either Alboreto or Stefan Johansson. With the driver's fingers covering Johansson's time in 15th & Alboreto's time visible in 9th, my money is on him.

It makes for miserable reading though if it is in fact him. If he was 2 seconds faster, he jumps to 2nd position but still 6/10ths off Senna's time

 

[-Fred-]

Monaco 1992. Simpler days.

 

[ScottPuss20]

I wouldn't even get that close to a car standing still, let alone moving...

 

[Pete05]

Monaco 1992. Simpler days.

One of the most exciting finishes to a Grand Prix I have ever seen & am likely to ever see.

I was watching the race live and like everyone, was expecting Nigel to rack up yet another win in the dominant Williams. Then the racing gods threw a feral cat in amongst the pigeons with Mansell getting a puncture.

He exited pitlane just as Senna streaked past & into the lead - a lead even the most optimistic Senna fan couldn't have imagined. Not after being around 40 seconds behind. Game on.

What followed was edge of the seat, heart-in-mouth racing at its finest.

Mansell in a far superior car on fresh rubber up against Senna with no advantage except for being in front & having to place his car perfectly.

At any other circuit to ever hold a Grand Prix, Mansell would have made it past & won the race but this was that historic, narrow strip of tarmac known as Monte Carlo.

Nowhere else is precision & bravery rewarded so well and that's what I love about the place.

 

[MrCrynox]

One of the most exciting finishes to a Grand Prix I have ever seen & am likely to ever see.

I was watching the race live and like everyone, was expecting Nigel to rack up yet another win in the dominant Williams. Then the racing gods threw a feral cat in amongst the pigeons with Mansell getting a puncture.

He exited pitlane just as Senna streaked past & into the lead - a lead even the most optimistic Senna fan couldn't have imagined. Not after being around 40 seconds behind. Game on.

What followed was edge of the seat, heart-in-mouth racing at its finest.

Mansell in a far superior car on fresh rubber up against Senna with no advantage except for being in front & having to place his car perfectly.

At any other circuit to ever hold a Grand Prix, Mansell would have made it past & won the race but this was that historic, narrow strip of tarmac known as Monte Carlo.

Nowhere else is precision & bravery rewarded so well and that's what I love about the place.

It was awesome watching Senna hold him off. I remember it well sat on the edge of the sofa buzzing

 

[Dolph Drago]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Mansell somewhat holding back too? His car was so good, he didn't really have to push it. I believe he could have pulled much more time on Senna and not had to worry about coming out behind him after the stop. But hindsight is 20/20, and it did make for an exciting finish.

Oh, and those early '90's cars...so gorgeous.

 

[Pete05]

He probably was cruising after establishing such a commanding lead but then he got the puncture.

He was wringing every little bit of performance out of his Williams from then on. Have no doubt about that.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

One of the most exciting finishes to a Grand Prix I have ever seen & am likely to ever see.

I was watching the race live and like everyone, was expecting Nigel to rack up yet another win in the dominant Williams. Then the racing gods threw a feral cat in amongst the pigeons with Mansell getting a puncture.

He exited pitlane just as Senna streaked past & into the lead - a lead even the most optimistic Senna fan couldn't have imagined. Not after being around 40 seconds behind. Game on.

What followed was edge of the seat, heart-in-mouth racing at its finest.

Mansell in a far superior car on fresh rubber up against Senna with no advantage except for being in front & having to place his car perfectly.

At any other circuit to ever hold a Grand Prix, Mansell would have made it past & won the race but this was that historic, narrow strip of tarmac known as Monte Carlo.

Nowhere else is precision & bravery rewarded so well and that's what I love about the place.

This is the thing that most people forget about Monaco. The excitement isn't really about having overtakes every lap. It's more of a mental game. All Senna had to do was basically park the car on the apex and Mansell wouldn't be able to get past, but in today's race when someone couldn't get past it's labelled as "boring".

I know it's not a video thread but similar situation in the historic Monaco GP a few weeks back. Werner in the much faster Lotus couldn't get past Alesi in Ferrari but it's still enthralling to watch these 2 dance on the limit every lap.

 

[mikedriver94]

Targa Florio 1984-ASCONA 400 (#107) - GRAZIANO ROSSI / PAOLO AMATI

 

[toastet]

Happy 70th Michèle 🥂🍾🎂 (*23rd June 1951)

1st WRC Monte 74 Alpine:

Monte 78 in the Stratos:

1st WRC Victory San Remo 81 Audi Quattro:

 

[NoStopN]

Dang, look at those headlights. Makes me never want an Audi. 😆

 

[Liquid]

Carlos Reutemann, 1942-2021

1975 German Grand Prix

Car: Brabham BT44 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st

1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

Car: Williams FW07C (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st

1995 Argentinian Grand Prix
Car: Ferrari 412T1 (3.5L V12)
A demonstration run to celebrate the return of Argentina to the calendar.

 

[Pete05]

Carlos Reutemann, 1942-2021

1975 German Grand Prix

Car: Brabham BT44 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st

1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

Car: Williams FW07C (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st

1995 Argentinian Grand Prix
Car: Ferrari 412T1 (3.5L V12)
A demonstration run to celebrate the return of Argentina to the calendar.

That photo of Carlos in the Brabham taking flight is one of my favourite F1 photos.

 

[Hun200kmh]

Thanks, I was considering a new thread for "El Lole" but this is an adequate tribute. Reutemann was one of the greats when I was growing up and I do remember cheering when he didn't follow the team's orders and didn't slow down to let a (slower) Jones pass (hated team orders for a long time because of this). At the end of that season it was with a heavy heart that I watched him - a broken man - lose the championship by a single point, after a campaign where "his team" was in fact working for his teammate and treating the championship leader, race after race, as if he was some kind of annoying second rate driver. Stupid and suicidal behaviour just because Patrick Head just couldn't take his Head (pun intended) out of AJ's backside, and couldn't get past the fact that el Lole had ignored the team's order.

About that last picture (1995) I read in Mark Hughes obituary (HERE) that his best lap with the Ferrari, 14 years after quitting F1 and already aged 52, would grant him 12th on the grid. I find this so totally unbelievable I really doubt it, does anyone know if there's any truth to this?

In any case, RIP El Lole, wish you race the clouds alongside your countrymen Fangio and Froilan the "Pampas Bull" Gonzalez.

 

[The Stig Farmer]

2006 is classic, right

 

[Northstar]

2006 is classic, right

Unfortunately, yes. 😢

 

[daan]

All is not what it seems...

 

[Roo]

2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Darlington: Ricky Craven beats Kurt Busch to the line by 0.002

Tim Richmond waves to fans after winning the 1986 Winston Western 500 at Riverside

David Pearson, Pikes Peak

Dale Earnhardt, sometime in the early 90s

Pete Hamilton, Daytona 1970

 

[Liquid]

1997 Austrian Grand Prix

Drivers: Eddie Irvine IRL & Jean Alesi FRA
Cars: Ferrari F310B (3.0L V10) & Benetton B197 (3.0L Renault V10)

 

[toastet]

Le Mans 1991, drivers parade in the city centre of Le Mans. Mazda 787b

 

[toastet]

Senna on the way into Eau Rouge and to his win at Spa '88 in the MP4/4

 

[NoStopN]

Wow. Spa in '88 looks substantially different than today. I know some of that is for safety (both spectators & pit exit), but it's fascinating nonetheless.

 

[toastet]

Just wait after next rebuild in '22 or '23. The whole section uphill on the left of Raidillon will be straightened and the tyrebarriers will be removed since the house behind this tyre barrier will be removed for a new grandstand which will be parallel to the track. So there is space for a straight barrier and asphalt. The corner will stay the same but there won't be anything in the runoff anymore.

 

[toastet]

Something a bit different

BMW E30 Group A (DTM) 1987 privateer starter kit

Pretty sure prices are in DM - Deutsche Mark (for the younger ones: our old currency in Germany before the Euro came in 2002). 180k DM alltogether would be 110k US$ which seems fitting when the street legal homologation special for this Group A car - the E30 M3 Sport Evolution (with 2.5 litre i4 engine 238 hp/limited to 600 cars) - was 50k $. The "base" 2.3 i4 M3 (200 hp) was only 35k US$ back in 1986 so quiet a speed tax on the racecar. But they were heavily modified under the skin so it seems legit. The group A car had the 2.3 i4 race spec with 300 hp first from 1986 on, later in 1990 they changed to 2.5 litre i4 to achieve 340 hp. So 100 hp+ and even more astonishing: From the basecars 1200 kg down to 900 kg without modern stuff like carbonfibre while adding weight with bigger brakes, wider tyres, etc.

 

[Pete05]

Something a bit different

BMW E30 Group A (DTM) 1987 privateer starter kit

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Pretty sure prices are in DM - Deutsche Mark (for the younger ones: our old currency in Germany before the Euro came in 2002). 180k DM alltogether would be 110k US$ which seems fitting when the street legal homologation special for this Group A car - the E30 M3 Sport Evolution (with 2.5 litre i4 engine 238 hp/limited to 600 cars) - was 50k $. The "base" 2.3 i4 M3 (200 hp) was only 35k US$ back in 1986 so quiet a speed tax on the racecar. But they were heavily modified under the skin so it seems legit. The group A car had the 2.3 i4 race spec with 300 hp first from 1986 on, later in 1990 they changed to 2.5 litre i4 to achieve 340 hp. So 100 hp+ and even more astonishing: From the basecars 1200 kg down to 900 kg without modern stuff like carbonfibre while adding weight with bigger brakes, wider tyres, etc.

Great little cars & probably the best handling Group A car out of the lot. Not too bad for a car (in its original 2.3-litre form) that was designed & engineered to take on Class 2 (1601cc - 2500cc) and never meant to be an outright contender.

I might add that the original M3 ran with a 5-speed Getrag gearbox until the 6-speed was allowed from 1 August 1988, was homologated with a minimum weight of 930kg & made its worldwide race debut, from Pole Position, 1 March 1987 at Calder Park Raceway, Victoria, Australia.
Also making their worldwide debut on that day were the Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo & Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, an event I rode my bicycle hours to see live.

Finally, the M3 Sport Evolution ran in its ultimate form in the DTM during 1991/92 with engines revving to over 9000rpm & developing 360-370bhp. The DTM rules also allowed ABS.