Sorry Guys but I have to put my . 02 in here! Some people are talking so much rubbish about all this. Arguably the greatest motor race in the world is FULL and I mean FULL of cars with all kinds of d
I watched far more of the Sebring broadcast than I care to admit - tellie was on all day, I watched as I happened to be in the room - and i saw relatively few incidents between cars of differing spee
Hold on, guys. I never really said speed differentials are a *bad* thing. The one truth about vintage racing I'm fond of quoting is that there will ALWAYS be speed differentials. The question is in h
Pierre Levegh and Lance Macklin send regards from the great beyond... -- Jim Hayes Winchester, MA, USA hayes@mediaone.net http://www.fotec.com/jim/jim.htm jeh@fotec.com http://www.fotec.com/ All gene
Minor correction - Lance Macklin (b. 2/9/1919) still appears to be Trivia points to those who can identify the following: Who was Levegh's co driver? Who swerved into the pits possibly causing the ac
<<Who was Levegh's co driver? Who swerved into the pits possibly causing the accident?>> Can't recall Levegh's co-driver but the ultimate winner of the race, Mike Hawthorn swerved in front of Macklin
Gary Trobaugh wrote: I maybe mistaken, but I think that Lance Macklin was killed in an airplane crash in 1978.He was in a P-51 Mustang and during an air race from England to Australia. An automotive
<< Who was Levegh's co driver? John Fitch (still alive and kicking) Who swerved into the pits possibly causing the accident? Soon to be World Champion Mike Hawthorne (not kicking the year after he cl
Trivia: French driver, Pierre Levegh in 1952 attempted to drive the full 24 Heures du Mans by himself in a Talbot. He was leading after 23 hours, thirty minutes...then he got sloppy and missed a shif
-- Jim Hayes Winchester, MA, USA hayes@mediaone.net http://www.fotec.com/jim/jim.htm jeh@fotec.com http://www.fotec.com/ All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false!
Looking at contemporary photos of the pit area of Lemans, it was just a two lane road, for the course, and scarcely more than a third lane which made the pits. Drivers would commonly pull out into r
Author: Ed McDonough <Ed.McDonough@northampton.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 10:17:41 +0000
Date sent: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:04:10 -0600 From: Gary Trobaugh <gtactionphoto@ezl.com> Subject: Re: Speed differentials and the ultimate place to race? To: Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net> Copies to: T