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[h4887]

Originally posted by Twin Window
Make that at least three...!

And another, but sadly no photographic evidence...

Geoff

[h4887]

This seems to be the only photo I took at the Belgian GP, Zolder 1975

Not exactly prancing horses



And Monza 1972, before...



..and after. Cruddy camera, no telephoto, wouldn't take anything in motion



Geoff

[smarjoram]

Here's a few of my favourites - they weren't taken very long ago - but they are old cars...

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by smarjoram
[B]Here's a few of my favourites - they weren't taken very long ago - but they are old cars...

So sweet......just neat.....thank you!

[Keir]

smarjoram,

Very good shots, you might try making a living out of it!!

[smarjoram]

Thanks Keir - and 275. On the off chance I did send a few of my shots off to magazines when I got back from the Le Mans Classic - with some success. I got a double page spread of the Carrera 6 in Classic Cars and some others in 911&Porsche World and the Porsche Club magazine. It paid for my ferry trip - which was nice.

I've heard that motorsports photography is a very competitive and difficult field to survive in - I think I'd struggle to earn as much as I do in my current job - but if it helps pay for my hobby that's great

There's also the worry that once you start doing something for a living some of the fun goes out of it.

Still, it would be great to get a press pass - I shouldn't really have been in the pits during the race. I just made sure I kept out of everybodies way. I did get turfed out once though. Perhaps now I've been published I might qualify for a pass?

[h4887]

And by way of contrast, the Pomeroy trophy, 1990

[h4887]

And some from my B&W phase, Le Mans 1989

Geoff

[smarjoram]

Some good shots there - what's the red car in the third of the Pomeroy photos?

[h4887]

Originally posted by smarjoram
Some good shots there - what's the red car in the third of the Pomeroy photos?

I wondered if anyone would ask! It's a Ginetta G12 with a special body designed and built by an American called Richard Petit. He worked at the Ford Design Centre in Dearborn and bought the G12 chassis while working in England for a time. He took it home and constructed the moulds and body to a very high standard along with his cousin, also a Ford employee. It was brought back to the UK by Trevor Needham (driving it here) who may have since made one or two more.

Geoff

[David Lawson]

Graham Hill's retirement in the 1973 British Grand Prix. He parked the car at Becketts and is inspecting the broken front suspension.

David

[mctshirt]

According to a friend this is Levin (NZ) 1972 but can anyone identify the cars and drivers and confirm year?

Johnny Riley?


Ford Falcon


Ford Escort & Chev Camaro?


Same cars


Chev Camaro?


Valient Charger


Single seater No.96?


Single seater No.18

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by mctshirt
According to a friend this is Levin (NZ) 1972 but can anyone identify the cars and drivers and confirm year?

Ford Escort & Chev Camaro?


Same cars

Hmmmm, only guessing here....but #8 looks like an Alfa....and eight was the number carried by Australian Brian Foley for many years...maybe he stepped across the ditch or sold one of his cars to a Kiwi??? :

[David McKinney]

Top to bottom -
•Riley Mustang
•possibly Patrick Smith GTHO
•Foley GTAm, Coppins Camaro, Marwood Camaro
•Coppins and Foley
•Marwood Camaro
•Leo Leonard Charger
•Garry Pederson Titan FF
•David Oxton Elfin FF

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by David McKinney
Top to bottom -
••Foley GTAm, Coppins Camaro, Marwood Camaro
•Coppins and Foley

Sheesh amazing!! my brain stilll works....

[DOHC]

What a wonderful thread!

[Frank de Jong]

Originally posted by Rob Ryder
In an effort to encourage pics from non-F1 (and new contributors) ....

Rest assured that I will come back to you if I ever add the BTCC to my site

Seriously, this is the oversteering Golf I promised long long ago...


Karl-Heinz Becker with his Colani-styled private BMW 320 turbo at Zolder 1979:

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by David Lawson


Elio de Angelis at Bottom Bend, Brands Hatch 1980

Have we met, David?!

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by h4887

And what about us, Geoff?!

[Rob Ryder]

Two weeks since a contribution so here are a few mid-fielders/tailenders from the 1974 Britsh GP at Brands.
They are all taken from my favourite phot spot.. the approach to Druids during parctice.



Vern Schuppan : Ensign N174


Tim Schenken : Trojan T103


Graham Hill : Lola T370 (anyone seen my nosecone?)


John Nicholson : Lyncar 006


Mike Wilds : March 731


Leo Kinnunen : Surteesa TS16


One of the practice sessions


David Purley : Token RJ-02 (Just to prove I did move)

Edited by Rob Ryder, 11 April 2019 - 17:39.

[David Beard]

I must have taken dozens of Lotus 72 shots....

[David Lawson]

Originally posted by Twin Window


Have we met, David?!

I imagine that almost all of the British TNF posters in the track and paddock threads must have rubbed shoulders (literally) in their attempts to capture these shots. But I've not had the pleasure of meeting you TW.

David

[Ruairidh]

Originally posted by Rob Ryder
Two weeks since a contribution so here are a few mid-fielders/tailenders from the 1974 Britsh GP at Brands.
They are all taken from my favourite phot spot.. the approach to Druids during parctice.

[/COLOR]

Love 'em. Great shots of almost forgotten cars (at least to me)

[CSGPR]

Hi Nice pictures Rob

Did you by take any Shadow pictures Rob, Pryce and Jarier in the DN3?

Best Regards

[mctshirt]

Originally posted by David McKinney
Top to bottom -
•Riley Mustang
•possibly Patrick Smith GTHO
•Foley GTAm, Coppins Camaro, Marwood Camaro
•Coppins and Foley
•Marwood Camaro
•Leo Leonard Charger
•Garry Pederson Titan FF
•David Oxton Elfin FF

Thank you David and 275 GTB-4...the TNF amazing as always!

[Rob Ryder]

Originally posted by CSGPR
Hi Nice pictures Rob
Did you by take any Shadow pictures Rob, Pryce and Jarier in the DN3?
Best Regards

I posted a few of photos of the DN3 on the 'Paddock' thread...





These have not been posted (from the Britsh GP)




Rob

Edited by Rob Ryder, 11 April 2019 - 17:46.

[h4887]

Brands Hatch, 1986. These would have been on the practice day.

Geoff

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by h4887
Brands Hatch, 1986. These would have been on the practice day.

Geoff

A cast of thousands!!! what the hell!! who was in charge of this lot!! .....but....

What was so damn interesting that attracted them all in the first place!!!

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by 275 GTB-4

A cast of thousands!!! what the hell!! who was in charge of this lot!! .....but....

What was so damn interesting that attracted them all in the first place!!!

Maybe they're the founder members of eBay...

[eldougo]

????? How many Englishman to move a McLaren ........21 and two Towtrucks.

Talk about overkill.;)

[Nordic]

Senna Brands 84


XJ220 Brands 96

A couple of mine from Brands.

This and the paddock photos bring back some many happy days.

[David Lawson]

As a partial reference to the recruitment of French drivers in the other thread here are a few of my B&W track shots with a French Connection.


Francois Cevert - Becketts - 1973


Jean-Pierre Beltoise - Pilgrims Rise - 1974


Patrick Depailler - Druids - 1974

David

[h4887]

Today's offering is from Le Mans, 1988.

Geoff

Wallace, Dumfries, Lammers


Wilds, Percy, Grice

[h4887]

And these are from the Atlantic Computers meeting, June 1985 at Brands:

Geoff

[bigears]

What a superb thread!

As I am a young man and I only got some photographs from the qualifying session at Silverstone in 1992 and it is my first ever motorsport trip. Unfortunately I left my scanner at university but I will try my best to take the photographs with my digital camera.

EDIT>> Rats, I can't find it. I looked in my filing cabinet and no avail. I must have left them at university.

[Rob Ryder]

Originally posted by bigears
What a superb thread!

As I am a young man and I only got some photographs from the qualifying session at Silverstone in 1992 and it is my first ever motorsport trip. Unfortunately I left my scanner at university but I will try my best to take the photographs with my digital camera.

EDIT>> Rats, I can't find it. I looked in my filing cabinet and no avail. I must have left them at university.

Don't panic... we'll still be here after you've returned to university ;)

[Rob Ryder]

Originally posted by h4887
And these are from the Atlantic Computers meeting, June 1985 at Brands:
Geoff

Geoff, nice to see a good variety of machinery!! Love them all

[bigears]

Hehe, Rob!

I hope I can make it up with these various photographs from the Birmingham Supeprix street circuit.



A Formula Vauxhall Lotus car being hoisted at Cavendish Finance corner in 1988. Note the slight irony in the photograph!



Russell Spence in the air after delibrately spinning in order to get the F3000 race red-flagged again in 1988.



Robb Gravett leads Andy Rouse at the BTCC race in 1989



Eric van de Poele leads the F3000 grid into Halfords corner in 1990.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by 275 GTB-4
A cast of thousands!!! what the hell!! who was in charge of this lot!! .....but....

What was so damn interesting that attracted them all in the first place!!!

Maybe it's not practice day... but the first lap crash instead?

[eldougo]

I suggest you empty your Mail box ...PM. RAY it,s full.

Cheers And Merry Christmas ElDougo.

[Ray Bell]

My e.mails always work...

raybell@ramojan.com

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by Ray Bell

Maybe it's not practice day... but the first lap crash instead?

Ray, the first-lap shunt was on the approach - and entry into - Paddock, whereas the pic here seems to be at Druids.

[h4887]

Originally posted by Twin Window
Ray, the first-lap shunt was on the approach - and entry into - Paddock, whereas the pic here seems to be at Druids.

Yes, it's at Druid's and definitely practice day as I'd given up going on race day by then.

Geoff

[Ray Bell]

Cool... it's just that I watched the tape of that race just the other week and the scene looks so similar to those on the tape.

[thomaskomm]

Originally posted by HistoricMustang
Anybody that has a driveshaft running between their legs falls in my catagory of "real men". Buford is correct as this is the most fun I have had at the race track.

No, I was not in the car but in the stands. Something about that drive shaft coming apart at speed!

Henry

Henry, you´re so right!!
Yes sprint cars or midget race cars are really damned fast things to drivin ´ell!

Thomas

[nico]

Hello to everyone,

I am new to the forum and as i have mentioned while introducing myself it is time that i posted some of my own photos.

These are from Monza in 89 :














1 : Senna and Berger before the off
2: The start
3: Gachot in the Onyx at Paribolica on Saturday
4: Mansell
5: Prost
6: An adoring? Ron Dennis watches Prost drop the wnning trophy to the Tifosi


More to follow.....

[nico]

Some more. This time from Goodwood 94:

Sir Stirl in a little car


Sir Stirl in a Big Car


Big John in a VERY big car


Brundle in the Mclaren-Peugeot


Palmer in the 6-wheeler




Now its time for some Boxing Day bevvies....






Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting

[DOHC]

As I have recently converted some of my old negatives from the Swedish Grands Prix to jpg format, I will post some pictures here. Because colours have faded I have some work to do to restore correct colour and contrast. Although it's sacrilege, I will start by posting some "artwork" derived from the originals.

The theme tonight is Emerson Fittipaldi, with pix from 1973, 1974 and 1976, respectively.










Credits: ImageShack

[Rob Ryder]

Originally posted by nico
Hello to everyone,
I am new to the forum and as I have mentioned while introducing myself it is time that i posted some of my own photos. More to follow.....

Welcome Nick,
I've read your 'Introduce Yourself' posting and I am looking forward to your contributions to this and other threads...

I haven't seen many photos of Palmer in the Williams 6 wheeler at Goodwood, so this was an excellent introduction by you
Rob

[dolomite]

I've dug out these shots that I took at the GP at Brands in 1980. Any TNFers recognise themselves?

I bet that Nordic1 bloke is in there somewhere.
Oh, and see how many Zenith Es you can spot