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I can imagine myself in a race like this here at HSO

Leo Menegucci wrote:

I can imagine myself in a race like this here at HSO

Can we do this at some point?

We did the 1962 TT in 2012, complete with Le Mans start   Maybe we'll do another one some day...

Did the TT race from Goodwood last year as an open, I didn't take part so can't really comment if it was any good.

EDIT : Ahh Frank  Do you always have to finish before me!

    

Frank Verplanken wrote:

    

Just wait till Wednesday! Your going down boy!  

  

  @1:02 did the guy in the orange stick the boot in? That's after the policeman pulled him out of the car.....By his hair! Or so it looked!

  

Crazy, really, how far did he think he was going to get ... on a closed course?  

Another nice video, this documentary presented by actor Patrick Stewart about the life of Sir Stirling Moss  Some funny moments, like when Patrick seats into the Vanwall and exclaims: "This beats the Enterprise anytime!"  

There were 2 more like this shown at Christmas time last year in the UK, One was chef James Martin with Jackie Stewarts Tyrrell 003 if I remember right, And Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy and Colin McRae. Obviously with Colin's passing, His Father was on hand.

Moss is a legend, I have a stuffed Polar Bear which he gave as a gift I believe somewhere in the attic from when I was younger

I have uploaded on the ftp the season review for the 1985 Swann Series. The Swann Series were to motorcycle road racing what the Tasman Series were to auto racing : a short series of races held Down Under during the European off-season, where the local hot shots could mix it with the odd international star.

The 1985 field is not so great quantitatively, but the handful of top riders with good machinery are enough to make for some of the greatest racing you can imagine. The wet Oran Park race ranks easily in my personnal Top 10 of greatest races ever, regardless on the number of wheels  And the Surfers Paradise finale is not boring either   !

Anyways those interested can get it here. The file is a bit big (1.6go) but you'll get 90 mins of classic racing for your trouble

  

superbe video d epoque charrade 1958   

Beautiful image of what has become of Nivelles today:


Source: http://www.circuitsofthepast.nl/en-US/nivelles

Kanny Brack showing (and explainig) how a GT 40 was meant to be driven  



And this one is really great driving of an old big block Vette:



Reminds me of Martin with the Vette, though of course that brit guy on the video isn't half as much in control  

Repco promo vid   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfq310iOTI#t=1231

Back then when NA$CAR was really about stock cars   :

A non-championship F3000 race held in the streets of the Island, Curacao. Track was meant to host F1 a year later, but the facilities and safety were not good enough.