The same with FIA F1 historic, was seen for the first time in europe a Mclaren MP4/1B, R.Dennis sold some cars to private owners and we could see them on track again. If you're interested in those old beasts, I recall that Monaco GP Historic will be next week, an amazing entry list with also the Ferrri F1 Clienti, from 312 to F2004.
) ; the Brabham Alfa Romeo BT45B 
WhiteBlue wrote:TX, what an incredible site!!!
when I look at the strength of this riveted Lotus aluminium chassis I begin to comprehend the incredible balls those guys had to drive these machines over daunting circuits like the Nürburgring North loop, Spa and Monza sitting on unprotected fuel tanks that could blow up like molotov cocktails.
but even if she's not the fastest on track, she must be very brave ! 
Fred Wacker recalls: "I got in the car and nobody told me anything. I think they told me the shift pattern and that was about it. And I remember I just started to go around this track at Montlhéry, which I'd never seen before. And of course, I didn't have many brains in those days. I didn't have sense enough to go slow. I wanted to win on the first lap. Well, I went over this bump. I didn't see it. I was probably doing, I don't know, maybe 130 miles per hour. And I almost came out of the car. We didn't wear seat belts then. I was like W.C. Fields coming down the side of the mountain in The Bank Dick, you know, with the steering wheel in my hands. So I came in and told them that I had some trouble staying in the car and they said, 'Oh, well, you have to keep your left foot pressed up against the firewall and push your back against the seat. That's the way you stay in.' See, nobody told me that, and I could have loused myself up pretty good."
guy_smiley wrote:Over the weekend I was watching some Rolex Grand Am (Laguna Seca) and American Le Mans Series (Miller Motorsports Park) sports car racing, and a Pontiac GXP driver from Grand Am won his Monaco Historic GP for the first time, and a team boss of an ALMS team won his Monaco Historic GP for the 7th time--thus making him the record holder for Monaco wins (obviously only the number itself is the record since they are not real F1 GPs**). I apologize because I can't find the results online to pick out their names, and I didn't record the races so I can't go back to review the segments about the drivers. Anyway, I thought it was very interesting stuff! I'll keep searching for their names, and any help is very welcome!
**The broadcasters were the ones making the 'record-holder' point, not me! So any complaints can be sent to SPEEDtv instead of me!
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