Classic Motorsport Photos
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I thought I'd seen it somewhere before when I came across the picture. That must've been it.
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Malcolm Campbell at Brooklands with Bluebird in 1935:
"Practice for the 1969 Daytona 24. Here in the quiet Gulf Ford pits sits two iconic GT40s. Car #2, driven at this race by David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood, is the legendary #1075, the two-time winner of the Le Mans 24-hour race, and the winner the next month of Sebring. The GT-40 #1 is #1076, driven here by Jackie Oliver and Jacky Ickx. It could have been just as famous as its sibling, but for some bad luck. It was leading after #1075 went out with a cracked (Gurney-Weslake) cylinder head. But Ickx spun it on the front straight leading into the infield circuit - another cracked cylinder head causing coolant to leak onto the rear tires? At Le Mans later in the year, 1076, driven by David Hobbs and Mike "The Bike" Hailwood, was leading the race when mechanical problems forced a long pit stop. It eventually finished in 3rd place. As the story goes, at the end of the Le Mans race, owner John Wyer offered to sell this car to driver David Hobbs for $3,000. Hobbs replied, "I just spent 12 hours in that car, why would I want to buy it?" To add further insult, a subsequent owner painted 1076 to look like the sister car that did win, 1075. Eventually, it was returned to its rightful identity as the unlucky equal of 1075." - from The Glory Days of Racing on Facebook (as all 5 pictures are).
Front row of the 1953 British GP at Silverstone. Alberto Ascari in the Ferrari is on pole, furthest from camera; second is José Froilán González for Maserati; thrid is Mike Hawthorn in his Ferrari; and fourth is Juan Manual Fangio's Maserati:
Raymond Mays driving a V16 BRM down a road in Bourne, Lincolnshire. Based on the road cars, I'm told this was taken sometime in the early 60s, about a decade after the car was contemporary.
Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby after winning the inaugural Daytona 24 Hours in 1966:
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1927 Banville Garage Hillclimb
A non-timed demonstration event to celebrate the opening of the Banville Garage in Paris, a 600m course was constructed from the ground floor to the roof of what we would now know today as a multistory car park - but it was so much more than that. Have a read. Photos taken from here.
A non-timed demonstration event to celebrate the opening of the Banville Garage in Paris, a 600m course was constructed from the ground floor to the roof of what we would now know today as a multistory car park - but it was so much more than that. Have a read. Photos taken from here.
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Having been a spectator at rallies in the past, all I can say is the people positioned on the outside of a corner, are braver than me. Should a car go straight on for any reason, they have nowhere to go.
If you simply must watch from the outside of a corner, do so from either an elevated position upon a solid wall or earth bank, or from behind a very solid object such as a big tree.
Most of all, plan your escape route & know what path you'll take if it all goes wrong. Stay safe out there.
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It really is sad that it existed for over a decade before people really started using it and even sadder is what it took for that to happen. Thankfully we do have it now and thanks to it and similar devices countless lives have been saved.
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A photo from the first ever race in Sweden, taking place on the ice of lake Mälaren in the winter of 1905. It was supposed to be a race between iceboats and motorcars, but the wind was too calm for the iceboats to participate, so it was turned into a land speed race between cars instead.
There’s also a very good BBC motorsport documentary series from the early 90’s, called The Power and The Glory, of which the first episode is on the same subject.
The remaining 13 episodes are on YouTube as well, and they cover pretty much all racing categories.
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Erik Comas and his son Anthony before the start of 1996 JGTC season in front of his Castrol Supra GT500
Unfortuneately they only achieved 3rd in the championship since 2 McLaren F1 in the iconic pink Lark (the most bought Philipp Morris cigarettes at the time in Japan) livery entered the championship and won 1-2.
Here is the 2nd placed #60 piloted by a young fellow named Ralf Schumacher who just won round 1 of the championship in Suzuka beeing the youngest JGTC/Super GT winner at the time. This was the first and only time a non-japanese manufacturer won the JGTC/Super GT and also the Lark sponsored cars were the first and last to be ever sponsored by a tobacco company in this japanese Championship.
Who knew Lark were cigarettes until now not living in the US or Japan?
You can find a english narrated 12 minute review from JGTC 1996 here:
Unfortuneately they only achieved 3rd in the championship since 2 McLaren F1 in the iconic pink Lark (the most bought Philipp Morris cigarettes at the time in Japan) livery entered the championship and won 1-2.
Here is the 2nd placed #60 piloted by a young fellow named Ralf Schumacher who just won round 1 of the championship in Suzuka beeing the youngest JGTC/Super GT winner at the time. This was the first and only time a non-japanese manufacturer won the JGTC/Super GT and also the Lark sponsored cars were the first and last to be ever sponsored by a tobacco company in this japanese Championship.
Who knew Lark were cigarettes until now not living in the US or Japan?
You can find a english narrated 12 minute review from JGTC 1996 here:
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Philippe Alliot-Lola LC87 Coswhorth Monaco Grand Prix
sudden engine failure but with the two Brazilians 🇧🇷 Senna 🇧🇷Piquet on the podium.
sudden engine failure but with the two Brazilians 🇧🇷 Senna 🇧🇷Piquet on the podium.
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Tony Brooks (1932-2022)
The Last Grand Prix Winner Of The 1950s
1957 Nürburgring 1000km
Car: Aston Martin DBR1 (3.0L I6)
Finished: 1st
1958 Belgian Grand Prix
Car: Vanwall VW5 (2.5L I4)
Finished: 1st
1959 French Grand Prix
Car: Ferrari Dino 246 (2.5L V8)
Finished: 1st
Grands Prix: 39
Wins: 6
Pole Positions: 3
Fastest Laps: 3
The Last Grand Prix Winner Of The 1950s
1957 Nürburgring 1000km
Car: Aston Martin DBR1 (3.0L I6)
Finished: 1st
1958 Belgian Grand Prix
Car: Vanwall VW5 (2.5L I4)
Finished: 1st
1959 French Grand Prix
Car: Ferrari Dino 246 (2.5L V8)
Finished: 1st
Grands Prix: 39
Wins: 6
Pole Positions: 3
Fastest Laps: 3
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Pierluigi Martini leads the Williams Renaults in his Minardi during the 1989 Portugese GP. On lap 40 Martini lead the race for a lap, the only time Minardi lead a GP in their 20 years in F1. He went on to finish 5th:
Porsche 935s to the fore at the start of the 1978 6 Hours of Silverstone. Mass/Ickx in #1, the 1978 model, ahead of Fitzpatrick/Hezemans in #6 from the previous year:
Porsche 935s to the fore at the start of the 1978 6 Hours of Silverstone. Mass/Ickx in #1, the 1978 model, ahead of Fitzpatrick/Hezemans in #6 from the previous year:
