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[E1pix]

Mid-Ohio
The Can-Am years
 
Pedro in the Ferrari 512
 

 
Bruce 1969
 

 
Oscar and Denny 1970
 

JJ, wow, you've been holding out! Very nice!

[John-w]

While cleaning my basement I have found some old super 8 movies, here are some hardcopys from this movies.

 

Hockenheim 1979

 

 

 

 

Hockenheim 1980

 

 

 

 

John-w

Edited by John-w, 24 August 2017 - 17:26.

[fyrth]

To help revive this thread here's a delightful image of Helen and Jackie and Alan, perhaps at Brands in the early 70s'. The image belongs to John Sismey.

 

   

 

                                          

Edited by fyrth, 24 August 2017 - 13:54.

[B Squared]

John-w - those first four shots would be good in this thread too:

http://forums.autosp...-8?hl= hitching +ride

[Tim Murray]

I believe all but the first of John-w's photos date from 1980, not 1979. The Lotus 81 on the breakdown wagon is definitely from 1980, and the McLaren M29 used a slightly different colour scheme in 1979.

[John-w]

I believe all but the first of John-w's photos date from 1980, not 1979. The Lotus 81 on the breakdown wagon is definitely from 1980, and the McLaren M29 used a slightly different colour scheme in 1979.

Sorry, I forgot to add the text Hockenheim 1980

 

John-w

[elansprint72]

 

Oulton Park,  March 1974.

[elansprint72]

Oulton Park, April 1974.

[Garsted]

JJ, wow, you've been holding out! Very nice!

The driver (Koveleski) in that last shot appears to have an aerofoil on his helmet ! He wasn't serious, was he?

 

Steve

[GMACKIE]

The driver (Koveleski) in that last shot appears to have an aerofoil on his helmet ! He wasn't serious, was he?

 

Steve

Maybe he thought his neck needed to be shorter? Although you don't need a long neck to be a goose...

[JacnGille]

The driver (Koveleski) in that last shot appears to have an aerofoil on his helmet ! He wasn't serious, was he?

 

Steve

Oscar was never one to take himself too seriously. The wing on his helmet was a dig at the Mighty McLarens.

[E1pix]

The driver (Koveleski) in that last shot appears to have an aerofoil on his helmet ! He wasn't serious, was he?

It depends how you mean it.

-- Did he really wear it in Can-Ams?: Yes

-- Was he serious about winged helmet development?: Oh Yes, earlier aero packages included high-wing prototypes, then dangerous strut failures forced shortening for everyone's safety

-- Did he think it gave him an aero benefit?: Open to interpretation

Oscar's great. I was 14 the final year he ran. He raced Can-Am, founded Auto World with catalogs stuffed full of RC and model cars and a whole-childhoodfull of Christmas presents, built bitchin' wagons with wings for the infamous Road America wagon races of (I think) 1973 and '74, and played with a gas-powered RC car of HIS Can-Am car in the paddock like he was 8.

He also co-founded the Polish Racing Driver's Club with Tony Adamowicz, a light-hearted but I believe effective campaign in the days of Archie Bunker.

And he was really nice to autograph-seeking punks like me, and wore a really cool hat. :-)

Edited by E1pix, 15 September 2017 - 00:55.

[barrykm]

While cleaning my basement I have found some old super 8 movies, here are some hardcopys from this movies.

 

Hockenheim 1979

 

 

 

 

Hockenheim 1980

 

 

 

 

John-w

 

Refreshing to see cars without front wings..

[Rob Ryder]

Transferred from the 'Paddock' topic


Guy Edwards brakes his F5000 Lola T330 for Druids during practice for the 1973 Race of Champions at Brands.

Edited by Rob Ryder, 08 April 2019 - 11:30.

[Rob Ryder]

I've replaced all of my lost images in this thread.
For some reason this is only on Pages 1 to 5 as all of my other posts seem to have disappeared


1971 International Trophy 14 Chris Amon : Matra MS120B

Go back and enjoy again

Rob

[philippe7]

Bonté gracieuse ...... I didn't remember I had originated this thread .... my moment of glory on TNF I guess

 

Thanks for re-posting your pics Rob. I'm afraid I haven't got a clue how to do the same with mine ...

[jj2728]

Niki at speed, USGP 1975 from my father's archives. Copyright JAG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rob Ryder]

Two from the wet 2006 Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting...

Gordon Wright's FJ Stanguellini

Stephen Gibson's Lister Jaguar

[Rob Ryder]

To bump this thread again...

From the 1972 Interserie Meeting at Silverstone

#47 Dennis Leach : Boss Mustang

#50 Willie Green : Ferrari 512M

(as usual - click for full size)

[bradbury west]

That shot of the Mini and Anglia rounding Old Hall makes you realise how critical and exiting that corner was, nearly as hard as Lodge, and it makes some of us, I am sure, yearn for the old Oulton....... no prisoners taken there in those days., excluding the Blaster Bates stories of course.
Roger Lund

[John-w]

1985 Test Zeltweg, Mike Thackwell

 

[Belmondo]

Ray Bellm at Maggots, British GP support race 1985.

 

Edited by Belmondo, 02 February 2020 - 11:23.

[Jon Saltinstall]

Here's a batch of images I've just come across in the archive (i.e. while rooting around in the loft) - taken by local photographer Pierre Vitoux at Nivelles in 1972 and 1974...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jock Russell-Lotus-70-Ford-F5000-Nivelles-1972

 

 

 

 

 

Dave Walker-Nivelles-1972

 

Teddy Pilette-McLaren M22-Chevy-F5000-Nivelles-1972

 

Teddy Pilette-Nivelles-1974

 

 

 

 

North-Star-Trophy-Saloons-Nivelles-1972

 

I hadn't realised just how uphill the final hairpin was, until I saw this last shot.

Edited by Jon Saltinstall, 18 September 2024 - 10:30.

[Doug Nye]

To me the dispiriting sight of Nivelles - 'replacing' the majesty of Spa-Francorchamps - was truly shocking.  It was the thin end of the wedge which heralded the desolation of most Tilke circuits, and their ilk, today.  Great racing requires a great stage on which to strut, to show off truly talented sportsmen competing at a level that normal mortals could never dare approach...

 

Mind you - I expect the same could have been said of Miramas, or indeed of Brooklands, way back before the old king died.  

 

DCN

[MCS]

Fascinating. Thanks John!

 

I've always wondered if it could have become a more likeable circuit given time. The poor opinions and criticism when it first opened - primarily because of the move away from Spa of course - probably gave it very little chance. And then of course the owners ran into financial difficulty and the rest is history.

 

Oddly enough I looked for evidence of the circuit recently (in absolutely torrential rain) and you can just about make out a few sections, but it's an industrial estate now, which has been established for quite some time. The uphill straight in John's last picture is curious though!

 

Also of course the little Zolder circuit near Hasselt was beginning to flourish, although I've never quite made my mind up about that place. I had a look round there on the same trip - a midweek motor bike practice day, fascinating in itself - but I'm still unsure.  Well, there's always Spa-Francorchamps, even in it's modern form I suppose . . .

[Henk Vasmel]

What exactly is the 3rd picture in the series showing us. The helmet and face strongly suggest Clay Regazzoni, but the name written on the side of the cockpit looks more like Mario Andretti. Besides Clay is featured in some more pictures in the car he drove in '72, number (30) and the name on th cockpit there is very different. All capitals and further forward.

According to my notes, Ferrari had entered 3 cars, (29) for Ickx and (30) for Regazzoni and (31) for Andretti (DNA). They were there with 3 cars (312B2), one of them used as spare for Ickx.

Checking Chassis numbers over the season does not make me much wiser, because none of the drivers seems to have a particular favourite car.

[Jon Saltinstall]

What exactly is the 3rd picture in the series showing us. The helmet and face strongly suggest Clay Regazzoni, but the name written on the side of the cockpit looks more like Mario Andretti. Besides Clay is featured in some more pictures in the car he drove in '72, number (30) and the name on th cockpit there is very different. All capitals and further forward.
According to my notes, Ferrari had entered 3 cars, (29) for Ickx and (30) for Regazzoni and (31) for Andretti (DNA). They were there with 3 cars (312B2), one of them used as spare for Ickx.
Checking Chassis numbers over the season does not make me much wiser, because none of the drivers seems to have a particular favourite car.

The photographer has written on the back that it’s Regazzoni in the car intended for Andretti, Henk.

[Henk Vasmel]

Thanks for the explanation. That's what I figured out myself, but then I couldn't believe it was that simple.

So a few more extra remarks into my database.

[sabrejet]

Here's a batch of images I've just come across in the archive (i.e. while rooting around in the loft) - taken by local photographer Pierre Vitoux at Nivelles in 1972 and 1974...

 

 

Teddy Pilette-Nivelles-1974

 

Seems to be the "M8FT" that I last saw Willie Green racing in Supersports circa 1989. Is it still around in this configuration?

[Belmondo]

sabrejet, I saw Willie Green race this car too at Donington. I believe it belonged then to Charlie Agg.

[Jon Saltinstall]

To me the dispiriting sight of Nivelles - 'replacing' the majesty of Spa-Francorchamps - was truly shocking.  It was the thin end of the wedge which heralded the desolation of most Tilke circuits, and their ilk, today.  Great racing requires a great stage on which to strut, to show off truly talented sportsmen competing at a level that normal mortals could never dare approach...
 
Mind you - I expect the same could have been said of Miramas, or indeed of Brooklands, way back before the old king died.  
 
DCN

Right with you on that one, Doug, though I guess most modern observers would give their right arms to be as close to the action with the unrestricted views that Nivelles offered in 1972 .

I was just looking at some photos taken at Donington in 1984, from the gravel path behind the concrete wall, and it’s quite shocking how much the vista has been despoiled by the debris fencing that now populates everywhere!