Great find...amazing what turns up on the 'net.
Thanks for lending a little background/context, Buck. For some reason, even
though I was brand new to this world during the era of sports car racing
depicted, I've always gravitated towards the mid to late '60s road racing
cars...the Tiger content is very cool, but there's just so much more to see on
this
clip!
Thanks again for posting, Steve.
Mike Wood
In a message dated 8/12/2008 5:01:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
BuckTrippel@Verizon.net writes:
I had given up hope of ever seeing videos of either of the those factory
supported Tigers, much less both of them in the same race. Steve, great job
finding this for us!
What's confusing about this video is that the last minute of it shows the
first minute of the race. The next part of the race is seen in the first
part of the Video.
The run group is combined Ap and Bp. It looks like a standing start and Jim
Adams, driving the HSC Tiger, passes the camera (located about 300 yards
down the track) in 5th, mainly trailing Ap race cars. Don Sesslar, who had
to start dead last in the Sports Car Forum Tiger due to not running during
qualifying (caused by a "misunderstanding" between Rootes and Doanne),
passes the camera just as he was moving up 3 or 4 places. Then in the next
shot, about 13 cars pass before Don's Tiger pulls off the track and onto the
grass.
This was the race where the two quickest Tigers were "punted" out in the
first lap. There's a story I've heard from 3 completely different parties
that Chevy gave/rewarded the driver of the Stingray that nailed the
Hollywood Sports Car Tiger a new Vette as well as a new pick-up truck in
time for the next race season.
Before seeing this video, I had no idea about how extensively both Tigers
were damaged. At about 1:30 into the video there's a shot of Don's Tiger on
the grass. It took a big hit on the right front. At about 5:40, what appears
to be the HSC Tiger, passes the camera. It looks like there's so little left
of the HSC passenger door after the "accident" that you can see Jim Adams
lap as he drives past the camera.
Buck Trippel
>>
>> http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=AsL_W7I5OlA
>
>
> The video also shows the HSC car.. and looks to have had a hit on the
> drivers side. You see it leaving the grid at 5:12 (seems to be wearing
> number 7) and then see it drive past before the SCF tiger goes off at
> 5:30 then you get a ncei nice close-up drive by at 5:40! if only
> there was sound.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Michael King
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