Classic Motorsport Photos

[05XR8]

That's cool. Reminds me to find a pic I took of Frentzen getting out of his Porsche Cup car at the Melbourne GP, 2012.

Motoharu “GAN-san” Kurosawa trying to hang with the Capellas to no avail in a 1-2-3 finish for the Mazdas at Fuji 1972.

 

[Liquid]

1988 British Touring Car Championship

Defending champion Chris Hodgetts unsuccessfully tried to tackle Formula Sierra with a turbocharged A70 Toyota Supra. Hodgetts didn't even last the whole year with MIL Motorsport; Ian Flux and Mark Hales drove the #1 car at various rounds in the second half of the season, such as the shots from Brands Hatch, with Vic Lee in the #2.

 

[toastet]

Bobby Allison - 1981
NASCAR Winston West
Laguna Seca Raceway

 

[TheCracker]

1988 British Touring Car Championship

Defending champion Chris Hodgetts unsuccessfully tried to tackle Formula Sierra with a turbocharged A70 Toyota Supra. Hodgetts didn't even last the whole year with MIL Motorsport; Ian Flux and Mark Hales drove the #1 car at various rounds in the second half of the season, such as the shots from Brands Hatch, with Vic Lee in the #2.

Always thought the Group A Supra, and the Starion for that matter, were stretching the concept of what a touring car is really supposed to be. That and the BiTurbo added some much needed variety to the back of the field though i guess.

 

[05XR8]

Same reason why I thought 911s were odd to be named touring cars back in the day. I’ll take it though.

 

[daan]

That and the BiTurbo added some much needed variety to the back of the field though i guess.

And Mike O'Brien's Commodore. Class A but more commonly seen getting in the way of the Class B BMWs.

Brands Hatch BTCC 1988 - Holden Commodore VL by Dan Morgan, on Flickr

 

[toastet]

Stumbled across, probably also qualified for https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...-funnies-fails-crashes-and-randomness.220386/

"Galles racing Engineer Trevor Harris observing suspension setup changes on Al Unser Jr's Eagle at Phoenix, 1983"

 

[Wiegert]

Rover 827 Vitesse by D Bell, on Flickr

1989 Harry Flatters Rally

Eppynt Wales

38th Overall

Don Kettleborough / Ronnie Gibson

 

[TheCracker]

That Rover reminds me of Tony Pond's 1990 Isle of Man TT first 100mph average lap record. In what was an almost standard Rover 827 Vitesse. There's a whole Duke Video of it, but seemingly very few photos.

To say that even 34 years later, the (200+bhp) racing Superbike lap record is 'only' 137mph, on a narrow circuit much better suited to bikes, 100mph in a 176bhp near-standard non-sportscar was really impressive.

Mark Higgins had to use a 600bhp Time Attack WRX STi to push that car lap record to 127mph in 2016.

 

[Liquid]

Baltimore-Washington Board Track Speedway (1925)

 

[Liquid]

 

[toastet]

Start 3rd running 24h Nürburgring 1972

 

[ScottPuss20]

Start 3rd running 24h Nürburgring 1972

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This looks like someone's driveway, not a race track.

 

[Liquid]

1995 Ligier JS41

In response to claims that the 1995 Ligier was a copy of the 1995 Benetton, rumours going so far as that the JS41 was made in Benetton's factory with Ligier's moulds, Ligier responded late in the season with a rear wing sticker insisting on the car being made in France.

 

[GTP_Dutchy]

@Liquid
From a drivers POV. I think that what was written on that back wing worries me more than the straight up copy of the Benetton. just my two cents based on my experience with french cars.

 

[Pupik]

@Liquid
From a drivers POV. I think that what was written on that back wing worries me more than the straight up copy of the Benetton. just my two cents based on my experience with french cars.

The irony is now the current French team once formerly known as Renault was Benetton (et al), and still builds that car in Enstone.

 

[Liquid]

1962 Monegasque Grand Prix

Driver: Ricardo Rodriguez MEX
Car: Ferrari 156 (1.5L Ferrari V6)
Finished: DNS (practice only)

 

[Liquid]