Classic Motorsport Photos

[Furinkazen]

Early OBCs

Second one a shoot for Grand Prix I believe.

 

[knoxviue]

TAP Rallye de Portugal 2000

 

[Panoz]

The SCCA Trans-Am finale at Riverside in 1970 saw Parnelli Jones manhandle his Ford Mustang Boss 302 to victory and gave Ford the season title. Jones drove like a man possessed after being involved in a accident with a backmarker early in the race while leading, as the battle-scars show.

Gerry Birrell getting all four wheels off the ground in the Ford Capri RS2600 during the 1972 running of the Nurburgring 6 hours.

On the grid for a race at Fuji Speedway in 1972 sees one of Japan's greatest motorsport rivalries. The Nissan Skyline GT-R takes on the rotary-powered Mazda Savanna RX-3.

A horde of Porsches makes up the field as the cars are about to set off for the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1978.

The Ford Falcon Cobras of the Moffat Ford Dealers team leads the field down Mountain Straight into Griffins Bend in the opening moments of the 1978 Bathurst 1000. Unfortunately the Fords couldn't repeat the success seen the year before as both Falcons retired with mechanical problems, giving the Bathurst win to Peter Brock and Jim Richards in the Holden Torana A9X.

 

[Liquid]

@knoxviue 5 photos per post, please.

PLEASE LIMIT YOUR PHOTOS TO FIVE PER POST

1970 Le Mans 24 Hours

Drivers: Hans Hermann GER & Richard Attwood ENG
Car: #23 Porsche 917 (4.5L Porsche flat-12)
Finished: 1st

 

[knoxviue]

@knoxviue 5 photos per post, please.

Sorry, didn't notice that.

 

[SVPSkins]

Flying around the ring.

1967 Monza

Spa 67?

Build a bear? Nah, i want to build a BMW M1

 

[disinfected]

 

[twitcher]

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Holy hang time Batman

 

[Pete05]

Holy hang time Batman

There used to be so many places you'd get air on the old Nordschleife. They smoothed a lot of the bumps, crests & rises, together with other safety 'improvements' when they did major renovations in 1970.

I'd love PD to give us a pre-70 Nordschleife

 

[twitcher]

There used to be so many places you'd get air on the old Nordschleife. They smoothed a lot of the bumps, crests & rises, together with other safety 'improvements' when they did major renovations in 1970.

I'd love PD to give us a pre-70 Nordschleife

I always knew there were sections where cars would get all four wheels off the ground, I just didn't realise they were going that high and that far.

 

[Pete05]

I always knew there were sections where cars would get all four wheels off the ground, I just didn't realise they were going that high and that far.

Having a good look at that pic, I'd say it's pre '66 1.5 litre formula one going by the width of the rear tyres. It might be Formula 2
Both cars look very similar too (Lotuses?) & is that Graham Hill in the 2nd car? Sought of looks like his helmut design.

 

[Andyc709292]

Not sure this has been posted before but this link goes to a very large library indeed: https://revslib.stanford.edu/

"Connecting the past, present and future of the automobile"

 

[UnkaD]

Though I realize F1 cars would indeed catch air on the Ring, that first image above looks very fake too me, or heavily edited at least. Especially when you look at the ground and shadow below the leading car. I feel like one of those cars doesn't belong.

 

[Wiegert]

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A Shop job that did the rounds of Twitter last year.

The original (complete with abandoned touring car).

 

[UnkaD]

The original (complete with abandoned touring car).

Very nice.

 

[Jahgee]

 

[Andyc709292]

There used to be so many places you'd get air on the old Nordschleife. They smoothed a lot of the bumps, crests & rises, together with other safety 'improvements' when they did major renovations in 1970.

I'd love PD to give us a pre-70 Nordschleife

If you watch the "In-Car 956" video that Derek Bell did it includes his commentary of Nordschleife - he talks about catching air and the likes, even 1983!

 

[Pete05]

If you watch the "In-Car 956" video that Derek Bell did it includes his commentary of Nordschleife - he talks about catching air and the likes, even 1983!

I first watched that video as a teenager when I hired it from the local video store. First time I'd seen the Nordschleife & Le Mans Had me absolutely mesmerized. Up until that time, the most thrilling in-car footage I'd seen was from Bathurst.
There's a clip somewhere on YouTube of in-car footage taken during practice for one of the German GPs (1967?). It clearly shows just how wild that place was pre-70.

 

[-Fred-]

Modern GT3 cars are (or rather were, before the speed limits) still catching air at the 'Ring (some more than others, unfortunately) and they have so much aero you wouldn't expect them to.

Gilles Villeneuve in the #69 March 75B leading the pack at Mont-Tremblant, 1975.

 

[Liquid]

Hey, so how about some more Nordschleife jumps?

Driver: Hans-Joachim Stuck GER
Car: BMW CSL 3.0

1975 German Grand Prix

Driver: James Hunt ENG
Car: Hesketh 308 (3.0L Cosworth V8)
Finished: Ret (Wheel)

 

[VXR]

I love the story behind Stuck's iconic jump. He says he purposely went that far over to make sure he caught air for the cameras. I think it might have been in a Classic & Sportscar issue whilst I was a subscriber.

 

[Pete05]

Hey, so how about some more Nordschleife jumps?

Driver: Hans-Joachim Stuck GER
Car: BMW CSL 3.0

1975 German Grand Prix

Driver: James Hunt ENG
Car: Hesketh 308 (3.0L Cosworth V8)
Finished: Ret (Wheel)

If we have to have front & rear wings on Formula One, has an F1 ever looked as good as the high air box period in the mid 70's?
Just look at the width of those tyres and the size of the rear wing. The balance between mechanical & aerodynamic grip is pretty much spot on. No complaints back then about being in the aero hole created by the car in front. If the guy following ever did lose an amount of downforce, he could use his skills & that big fat rubber to get past, or, at least put in a show trying.
Ah, those were the days.

I love the story behind Stuck's iconic jump. He says he purposely went that far over to make sure he caught air for the cameras. I think it might have been in a Classic & Sportscar issue whilst I was a subscriber.

I love that pic of Stuck in the CSL. Classic all over 👍

 

[G_Parrilla]

As far as I know, they shaved the bumps at Quiddelbacher Höhe (no more flying at Flugplatz) last month in response to last years GT3 fatal accident. At least they removed the circuit speed limit.

 

[twitcher]

much more reasonable looking hang time in these other pics 👍

 

[Liquid]

Test Driver Special III

Silverstone, 1990

Driver: Mika Häkkinen FIN
Car: Benetton B188 (3.5L Ford V8)

Silverstone, 1992

Driver: David Coulthard SCO
Car: Benetton B192 (3.5L Ford V8)

Silverstone, 1993

Driver: Jos Verstappen NED
Car: McLaren MP4/8 (3.5L Ford V8)

Catalunya, 1998

Driver: Tommi Mäkkinen FIN
Car: Williams FW19 (3.0L Renault V10)

This is a 1997 Williams with a 1998 livery.

Catalunya, 1999

Driver: Jenson Button ENG
Car: Prost AP02 (3.0L Peugeot V10)

 

[Pete05]

Test Driver Special III

Silverstone, 1990

Driver: Mika Häkkinen FIN
Car: Benetton B188 (3.5L Ford V8)

Silverstone, 1992

Driver: David Coulthard SCO
Car: Benetton B192 (3.5L Ford V8)

Silverstone, 1993

Driver: Jos Verstappen NED
Car: McLaren MP4/8 (3.5L Ford V8)

Catalunya, 1998

Driver: Tommi Mäkkinen FIN
Car: Williams FW19 (3.0L Renault V10)

This is a 1997 Williams with a 1998 livery.

Catalunya, 1999

Driver: Jenson Button ENG
Car: Prost AP02 (3.0L Peugeot V10)

Two things jump out at me from this set of pics.
1. The B188 was such a good looking car. (I had the 1:20 model)
2. Check out how much understeer Button is dealing with in the Prost

 

[VXR]

Two things jump out at me from this set of pics.
1. The B188 was such a good looking car. (I had the 1:20 model)
2. Check out how much understeer Button is dealing with in the Prost

I've got a feeling that's my favourite 80s livery if I was put on the spot. That particular iteration is the most Benetton of them all and there's not much more 80s than that company.

 

[DRLOVE]

Cool pic of Ayrton Senna, not sure where the location is though.

 

[mikeerfol]

2. Check out how much understeer Button is dealing with in the Prost

So that's how the whole understeer thing started!

 

[knoxviue]

Eurocircuito de Lousada