I got a great shot of a friend in his first race being lapped by the leaders -
looks like he's running second in with the heros. Not as remarkable a shot as
you'd think as I had three chances to catch him being lapped by them, I think
the
whole field went past him twice. Amazing what experiance does for you as half
way through the season he was getting class places.
David
Simon Favre wrote:
> Note also that there were only 4 cars that actually finished the race
> behind the bugs, walking wounded all. The other 14 cars behind the
> bugs never finished (DNF).
>
> Gimme a break! A Renault Gordini finished ahead of both bugs! ;=)
>
> I really like the picture of the VW bug with the Mustang in the background.
> This is obviously a case of the photographer trying to take a shot of the
> fast-moving Mustang (notice the clear roofline) when the Bug got in the
> way while advancing to the rear. ;=) The only way for the bug to be blurry
> and the Mustang to be clear is for one of them to be going about 30-50
> MPH faster than the other. You choose...
>
> Great photos on that site.
>
> Nick England wrote:
> >
> > But the Bugs didn't fare too badly - at VIR in 1966, both Bugs finished
> > ahead of 5 Alfas, 4 Lotus-Cortinas, Tullius's Dart, and Richard Petty's
> > Barracuda. I must admit there were still 6 Alfas ahead of the VWs, however.
> > See http://www.cs.unc.edu/~nick/vir/66-transam/vir_transam.htm for photos.
> > Damn, I wish I had a time machine!!!
> >
> > Best Regards & Have Fun,
> > Nick England
> > http://www.3rdtech.com/nick/racing.html
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