Vintage road race pics
11-27-2007, 10:50 AM
#241
Melting Slicks
12-01-2007, 04:13 PM
#244
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This one of a 1968 racer in France....history unknown...
12-01-2007, 04:57 PM
#245
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12-01-2007, 06:12 PM
#247
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Verts were considered more aerodynamic with the slant back rear window. Also it was easier to install a roll cage
12-02-2007, 12:12 AM
#248
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Hardtop Roadsters are fastest!!!
For the evening dessert!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs
Watch this and listen to the absolutly stunning audio...for 1956!
For the evening dessert!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs
Watch this and listen to the absolutly stunning audio...for 1956!
12-02-2007, 12:23 AM
#249
Melting Slicks
A night wasted on You tube...
Here is some stunning video from the following...if bored fast to about 7:50 into it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOhYN...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3NQ...eature=related
Two Lucky Escapes for Webber AMID A BLACK WEEKEND AT LE MANS
15 June, 1999
Mark Webber was almost back in England when the chequered flag fell on the winning BMW in last weekend's 24 Heures du Mans. The 22-year old Yellow Pages sponsored driver had endured a weekend he and his fellow Team AMG Mercedes colleagues will never forget and one which will be talked about for a long time to come, thanks largely to the vivid and never-to-be-forgotten TV footage of Peter Dumbreck's Mercedes somersaulting into the trees five hours into the race on Saturday evening.
While many questions have yet to be answered and the shock of the weekend's sequence of events is still evident among those it affected most, Webber is already back in training and has vowed to turn the situation to his advantage, saying his experiences at Le Mans have only served to make him stronger, hungrier and more determined than ever to graduate to Formula One - and sooner rather than later.
There was certainly no doubting the young Australian's guts and braveness when he climbed back into his Mercedes CLR for Saturday's half-hour warm-up despite experiencing a horrifying 300+kmh back flip and barrel roll between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis in Thursday's qualifying session which left his #4 Mercedes wrecked and Webber nursing a sore neck, bruised knees and elbows. The incident happened as Webber moved out to overtake an open-topped Audi, driven by Frank Biela, and the front end of the Mercedes CLR reared up, catapulting Webber into the air before flipping. The car eventually came to rest on its wheels and Webber was able to extricate himself from the car. "There's a kink in the road and I was really worried that the car would just go straight on into the trees but fortunately it stayed above the track and I ended up against a guardrail."
Webber spent Friday undergoing extensive physiotherapy and on Saturday morning was given the all-clear by the doctors at the circuit. However, Mark experienced an almost identical accident on his "out" lap, this time as he drove down the Mulsanne Straight - the car rocketing into the sky as he went over a brow. "I just couldn't believe it was happening to me again," said Webber who, again, was incredibly fortunate to escape unhurt but was, understandably, very shocked at having experienced two 300+kmh accidents in the space of two days and within 5kms of each other. "This time I had no one close to me. The three Mercedes had gone out together but I was some way behind Christophe and Bernd. We had passed Katayama's Toyota and when the accident happened, the car ahead of me (a GT2) was some 15-20 metres away."
This time Webber's car came down on its roof and careered down the track, eventually stopping some 300 metres from where the accident first started. Although a quick-thinking Webber had opened the door mid-flight hoping for a quick exit once it stopped, he was momentarily trapped and had to wait for the marshals to lift the car before being able to climb out.
In spite of Webber's two horrific accidents, the decision to race the remaining two Mercedes CLRs was taken following prolonged team and management discussions. The team was confident that an extra 25% downforce on the front of the cars would solve the problem of them lifting on certain parts of the track. However, this proved to be incorrect and inconclusive when Dumbreck's car flew off the track and into the surrounding bushland at exactly the same spot as Webber's accident on Thursday night.
"I probably went into more shock seeing Peter's accident than being in my own because I knew what he was going through. It had only happened to me before but now someone else was experiencing it. It was a horrifying moment and the whole weekend was just unbelievable. No-one knew what to say to one another but we all wanted to be together and we all knew just how incredibly luck both Peter and I were."
Here is some stunning video from the following...if bored fast to about 7:50 into it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOhYN...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M3NQ...eature=related
Two Lucky Escapes for Webber AMID A BLACK WEEKEND AT LE MANS
15 June, 1999
Mark Webber was almost back in England when the chequered flag fell on the winning BMW in last weekend's 24 Heures du Mans. The 22-year old Yellow Pages sponsored driver had endured a weekend he and his fellow Team AMG Mercedes colleagues will never forget and one which will be talked about for a long time to come, thanks largely to the vivid and never-to-be-forgotten TV footage of Peter Dumbreck's Mercedes somersaulting into the trees five hours into the race on Saturday evening.
While many questions have yet to be answered and the shock of the weekend's sequence of events is still evident among those it affected most, Webber is already back in training and has vowed to turn the situation to his advantage, saying his experiences at Le Mans have only served to make him stronger, hungrier and more determined than ever to graduate to Formula One - and sooner rather than later.
There was certainly no doubting the young Australian's guts and braveness when he climbed back into his Mercedes CLR for Saturday's half-hour warm-up despite experiencing a horrifying 300+kmh back flip and barrel roll between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis in Thursday's qualifying session which left his #4 Mercedes wrecked and Webber nursing a sore neck, bruised knees and elbows. The incident happened as Webber moved out to overtake an open-topped Audi, driven by Frank Biela, and the front end of the Mercedes CLR reared up, catapulting Webber into the air before flipping. The car eventually came to rest on its wheels and Webber was able to extricate himself from the car. "There's a kink in the road and I was really worried that the car would just go straight on into the trees but fortunately it stayed above the track and I ended up against a guardrail."
Webber spent Friday undergoing extensive physiotherapy and on Saturday morning was given the all-clear by the doctors at the circuit. However, Mark experienced an almost identical accident on his "out" lap, this time as he drove down the Mulsanne Straight - the car rocketing into the sky as he went over a brow. "I just couldn't believe it was happening to me again," said Webber who, again, was incredibly fortunate to escape unhurt but was, understandably, very shocked at having experienced two 300+kmh accidents in the space of two days and within 5kms of each other. "This time I had no one close to me. The three Mercedes had gone out together but I was some way behind Christophe and Bernd. We had passed Katayama's Toyota and when the accident happened, the car ahead of me (a GT2) was some 15-20 metres away."
This time Webber's car came down on its roof and careered down the track, eventually stopping some 300 metres from where the accident first started. Although a quick-thinking Webber had opened the door mid-flight hoping for a quick exit once it stopped, he was momentarily trapped and had to wait for the marshals to lift the car before being able to climb out.
In spite of Webber's two horrific accidents, the decision to race the remaining two Mercedes CLRs was taken following prolonged team and management discussions. The team was confident that an extra 25% downforce on the front of the cars would solve the problem of them lifting on certain parts of the track. However, this proved to be incorrect and inconclusive when Dumbreck's car flew off the track and into the surrounding bushland at exactly the same spot as Webber's accident on Thursday night.
"I probably went into more shock seeing Peter's accident than being in my own because I knew what he was going through. It had only happened to me before but now someone else was experiencing it. It was a horrifying moment and the whole weekend was just unbelievable. No-one knew what to say to one another but we all wanted to be together and we all knew just how incredibly luck both Peter and I were."
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12-03-2007, 01:39 AM
#250
It was signed when Lance Smith owned it. The windshield removes fairly easily.
12-13-2007, 07:18 PM
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racervette69, thanks for the link, I found my car under C3's, page 2, halfway down.
They only are showing the IMSA history starting in 1975 under #82 Bob Krekel,
not the prior SCCA history which began in 71. Still cool thanks.
sundiego...hi David, I hope your widebody Greenwood beast is well.
They only are showing the IMSA history starting in 1975 under #82 Bob Krekel,
not the prior SCCA history which began in 71. Still cool thanks.
sundiego...hi David, I hope your widebody Greenwood beast is well.
12-13-2007, 11:43 PM
#253
Melting Slicks
ok IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THOSE WHO Know can post links to vintage corvette You tube videos...?
12-13-2007, 11:50 PM
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12-13-2007, 11:50 PM
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Former Vendor
12-14-2007, 12:08 AM
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Interesting, looks like a great start on a track car. I don't recognise the body work, Pickett ran a fastback at one time but not that bodywork. It certainly would be worth 5k for a nice C3 track queen.
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