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Post by charleselan on Oct 25, 2017 19:43:02 GMT
Not certain whether this is the film Carl put up on the Motor Sport site a while back. In any case this is truly stunning with racing and interviews by many of the gods from the 1960's.
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Post by Carl on Oct 25, 2017 20:51:53 GMT
I've seen it (and it's superbly done) but hadn't posted it. It's been a while since I've enjoyed this excellent summary of the conclusive 1966 Can-Am event, so thank you, John Charles, for posting it because I am about to enjoy it once more.
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Post by charleselan on Oct 26, 2017 11:50:26 GMT
Carl,
Would you be kind enough to enlighten me, and others, with your excellent knowledge on American racing about the circuit "Stardust Raceway", for some unfathomable reason I kept confusing it with Riverside and it only dawned upon me that this meeting was not actually at Riverside as that had held the previous round.
Pleased you liked the film as it was fantastic; excellent quality and so many wonderful bits in it. Amazing to see that the Chaparral team had a brace ready to support the struts on Phil Hill's car once the broken high wing was removed, that was class.
John Charles
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Post by René on Oct 26, 2017 17:49:03 GMT
JC, that is FANTASTIC footage! Love the Chaparral''s with the big DRS spoiler  and a great solution for track limits; half buried old tyres! Many years ago I had this huge fascination for Can-Am; bought several books and a whole fleat of Can-Am slot cars! Wish I could have seen it for real!  |
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Post by charleselan on Oct 26, 2017 18:33:58 GMT
I did not have the privilege of seeing it for real either René, it must have been truly awesome (as they say). The footage in this film is exceptional.
Did you purchase any of the Slot-It Chaparral 2F's? I have the twin set which has never been out of the packaging, much the same for many more. I really liked the Revell/Monogram releases of a few years ago they looked superb and I have purchased of few of them as well, in fact quite a lot;).
JC
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Post by Carl on Oct 26, 2017 20:10:39 GMT
Hello John Charles and Rene,
Stardust Raceway was on the desert outskirts of Las Vegas and has by now probably been overwhelmed by the sprawling suburban housing developments as Las Vegas gained population. Gone with the wind...
I was blessed to live within an hour's drive of Riverside and can honestly say that no first laps in racing are more heart pounding than Can-Am during the peak years. After five or seven laps, people in the grandstands would begin to sit down, most unconsciously grinning, awestruck at the astounding display of sound and fury. From such spectacle heroes are created in the minds of impressionable young people.
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Post by René on Oct 26, 2017 23:02:23 GMT
Did you purchase any of the Slot-It Chaparral 2F's? I have the twin set which has never been out of the packaging, much the same for many more. I really liked the Revell/Monogram releases of a few years ago they looked superb and I have purchased of few of them as well, in fact quite a lot;). JC, what do you think? I have too many! The Slot-it Chaparral indeed but also the McLaren M8D and the beautiful Alfa 33/3 raced by Scooter Patrick. I have the Revell/Monogram Chaparral 2 and 2F and the McLaren M6A. Fly made a beautiful version of the Porsche 917/10, I have several liveries but the most well known is of course the L&M colour scheme raced by Mark Donahue. Also Carrera made a few Can-Am and Interseries models and a must have is the Donahue Porsche 917/30 in Sunoco colours. I also did a kit build by Top Slot of the Ferrari 712, not a very successful car but what a beast! And then there are of course the MG Vanguish cars. Do you know these? They are slightly overscale but they are also quite special. When you take the bodywork off it shows a realistic chassis beneath and the cars have a working differential! They weren't a commercial success I believe and the brand doesn't exist anymore but I collected quite a few; McLarens, Lola, BRM and a Shadow. |
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Post by René on Oct 26, 2017 23:09:58 GMT
Hello John Charles and Rene, Stardust Raceway was on the desert outskirts of Las Vegas and has by now probably been overwhelmed by the sprawling suburban housing developments as Las Vegas gained population. I was blessed to live within an hour's drive of Riverside and can honestly say that no first laps in racing are more heart pounding than those of a Can-Am during the peak years. After five or seven laps, people in the grandstands would begin to sit down, most of us unconsciously grinning, awestruck at the almost ominous spectacle of sound and fury. Carl, you have a wonderful way of telling. Your last sentence created a picture for me that was almost tangible. I can hear, feel and smell it! I am also blessed to live within an hour's drive of Spa and Zolder. As racing fans, we may consider ourselves lucky! |
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Post by charleselan on Oct 27, 2017 8:53:26 GMT
Absolutely spectacular wording Carl that so beautifully describes what those fortunate enough to have seen such majesty must have felt. There will never ever be anything to get close to Can Am racing of that period. Mind you a lot of those cars made their initial debut in races in the UK and I distinctly recall DSJ waxing quite lyrical about these machines at the time in Motorsport.
René I must have been suffering from tired eyes last evening when I referred to the Slot-It Chaparral twin set as "2F's" for they were in fact "2E's", nothing worse than getting ones "efs" mixed up with ones "ee's". I know of all the models you have referred to, although I do not have any of the Vanquish models myself. As you say they were technically very interesting, a little over scale, but if you have a number of them then not an issue. The Revell/Monogram Lola T70's were also excellent, I have three, I think, and the Bruce McLaren M6A which is a beauty. So sad they are no longer in production as they were very good models indeed.
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and a great solution for track limits; half buried old tyres!