Every Second Counts

Posted in Video | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed Photo Gallery

2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Posted in Photo Galleries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

1978 Fangio vs Brabham

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Juan Manuel Fangio, considered by many to be the greatest F1 driver of all time

This video clip from Sandown Park in Australia shows an invitation race between Fangio in the W196 Mercedes Benz and Jack Brabham in his Repco Brabham plus the Maserati 300S of Bob Jones and the Cooper of Bill Patterson. Fangio declined to drive in a demonstration and said he would be racing. It’s clear from the clip that he was trying hard and he received a standing ovation on the last lap

Posted in Hot Laps, Video | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tony Pond on the Isle of Man TT Circuit

In 1990 Tony Pond took a standard Rover 827 Vitesse round the Isle of Man TT Course at an average speed of over 100 MPH. The video is gripping, quite scary in places, and is complete with a laconic voiceover by Tony

His record was broken exactly 21 years later – on June 6th, 2011 – by UK Rally Champion Mark Higgins in a production-spec Subaru WRX STI saloon. He managed a time of 19 minutes 56.7 seconds at an average speed of over 113 mph to Tony Pond’s 102

 

Posted in Hot Laps, Video | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment