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#1 Autodidact

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 12:03

..out on a Saturday afternoon drive.DSC02053.jpg



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#2 sabrejet

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 12:32

Was that really a dozen years ago?



#3 Autodidact

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 12:46

It certainly was!  To be exact..12 years and a day!



#4 Jack-the-Lad

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 14:11

It certainly was!  To be exact..12 years and a day!

I was there.  It was a beautiful day. As an American the genuine respect and admiration for Dan Gurney, especially by Lord March (as he was at the time), was gratifying.  



#5 sabrejet

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 15:34

And even this year there was a "VV Gurney" painted on the start/finish straight at Revival.



#6 Jack-the-Lad

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 18:40

And even this year there was a "VV Gurney" painted on the start/finish straight at Revival.

Yes, I believe it’s been there since 2012.



#7 Autodidact

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 19:59

Yes, I believe it’s been there since 2012.

I think every year, before proceedings begin, when no one is looking,  the Dook creeps quietly out of his house with a paintbrush :yawnface:


Edited by Autodidact, 16 September 2024 - 20:00.


#8 Tim Murray

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Posted 16 September 2024 - 21:05

(from Willem Oosthoek)

Taken 65-plus years ago. Same car?

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#9 Doug Nye

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 06:28

Sue Weaver has asked me to post these images of Dan and other personalities whom she captured at Goodwood those few years back...they include many of my favourite folk amongst the bygone racing fraternity.

 

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Bob and Pat Bondurant

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Jochen Mass

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Brian Redman with Scott George of the Revs Institute/Collier Collection

 

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And...guess who...

 

DCN


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#10 Autodidact

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 08:53

Did I not used to hear my Granny utter the phrase “Don’t forget the driver”?

 

 So,

 

the other Old Man,

 

Tony Brooks-equally courageous and skilful.


Edited by Autodidact, 17 September 2024 - 08:56.


#11 FastReader

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 11:45

(from Willem Oosthoek)

Taken 65-plus years ago. Same car?

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Looking through Keith Bluemel's excellent book "Enzo's Ultimate Redhead", I don't think so. That appears to be chassis 0766 at Sebring 1959 where it won. The car at Goodwood in the opening post is 0744.

#12 marksixman

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 11:55

Thank You Doug, some lovely images there.



#13 Jack-the-Lad

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 16:13

Sue Weaver has asked me to post these images of Dan and other personalities whom she captured at Goodwood those few years back...they include many of my favourite folk amongst the bygone racing fraternity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll never forget my conversation in the paddock with John Surtees the year he was honored driver.  He was standing near his BMW 507, being more or less ignored by others near him, so…..  Quite uncharacteristic of me, I approached him with,

 

Good morning.  You won the first important race I ever saw in person.

 

Really?  Which one?

 

Sebring, 1963.

 

Would you like to hear some stories about that race?

 

He generously went on for about 20 minutes.  It was an important race in many ways, breaking new ground with and for Ferrari; his relationship with Dragoni; Phil Hill’s first international event post-Ferrari, etc.  To hear it all directly from him was a privilege. 



#14 Doug Nye

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 19:21

Thank You Doug, some lovely images there.

 

Thank Sue - aka Weaverbird - not me sir.   :wave:

 

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#15 DCapps

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Posted 17 September 2024 - 22:18

Nice to see Scott George as one of those in the photos, truly one of The Good Guys in my book.



#16 Doug Nye

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Posted 18 September 2024 - 08:08

Indeed Don - one of the very best...

 

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