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Post by Carl on Aug 17, 2019 17:34:05 GMT
Mikael, It's entirely possible for several reasons.
1. My encounter was in 1966, when Redford owned the 904. I remember because as a newly licensed driver I was excited to be driving that day without parental supervision.
2. The Hollywood Freeway runs through the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and I saw it near Coldwater Canyon Avenue. Robert Redford grew up in the valley and attended Van Nuys High School, very nearby, and may have had family or friends still living in his old neighborhood.
I'll never know whose 904 it was, or who was driving at the time, but I'll never forget the sight (it wasn't green) and sound.
Another famous Van Nuys High student, ten years before Redford, was Norma Jeane Baker (Marilyn Monroe)
-Carl (who prefers infamy)
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Post by chrisb on Aug 18, 2019 8:34:18 GMT
great cars, wonderful photo's that 904 sure was one pretty car and looked as quick as it was,
Mikael those beautiful pictures of the Ford, wonderful! I do like what Ford have done with the new one,
lovely stories of Dan, althoughI believe it was Graham who started the champers chucking away in, I think South Africa?' but struggling to recollect which race,
Carl, one great pupil, one other,
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Post by charleselan on Aug 27, 2019 12:34:15 GMT
Following the British MotoGP meeting last Sunday afternoon I looked out some other form of motor sport to watch as it was just too hot outside; 30+ C is not what us northern europeans are used to. I came across an excellent stream of a Lamborghini national championship race at Barbers Sport Raceway Virginia and absolutely loved the look of the circuit. Very much a traditional type of circuit with grass run-offs around the track edges, and superb undulating and picturesque terrain.
Yet another American track that has everything for those of us who lament the lack of those types of venue in mainstream motor sport today. Sadly I missed the later IMSA Prototype race that followed as that would have been well worth seeing i am certain.
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Post by Carl on Aug 27, 2019 17:04:13 GMT
Following the British MotoGP meeting last Sunday afternoon I looked out some other form of motor sport to watch as it was just too hot outside; 30+ C is not what us northern europeans are used to. I came across an excellent stream of a Lamborghini national championship race at Barbers Sport Raceway Virginia and absolutely loved the look of the circuit. Very much a traditional type of circuit with grass run-offs around the track edges, and superb undulating and picturesque terrain. Yet another American track that has everything for those of us who lament the lack of those types of venue in mainstream motor sport today. Sadly I missed the later IMSA Prototype race that followed as that would have been well worth seeing i am certain. There were a lot of well-designed American road courses built in the 1950s and Virginia International Raceway is one and just as you describe. An inspired natural terrain race track, it would be tremendous fun and challenging to drive. Never as famous as Watkins Glen, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca, Riverside, Bridgehampton (now both long gone) or Lime Rock (Sam Posey and Paul Newman's home track), for whatever reason not a venue for the top professional series, but nonetheless one of the best.
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Post by charleselan on May 16, 2020 13:23:38 GMT
Last evening I viewed an excellent half hour film relating the 1988 IMSA season in association with Nissan. This was the year that the IMSA Nissan finally came good with Geoff Brabham winning the championship and he attained the feat of winning 8 races in a row. Although it looked like domination the racing was spectacular and close at times. Some horrific accidents as well especially John Morton's in the Nissan, but he survived and came back well later in the season.
Some of those road circuits in America are truly spectacular, something many of us have remarked upon previously, truly wonderful venues.
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Post by chrisb on May 17, 2020 8:10:31 GMT
must try and catch that one, oh how we were blessed - the Toyota and Nissan were just beasts - massive beasts, but what racing they provided, and didn't the USA know how to build circuits!
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Post by Carl on May 17, 2020 15:51:10 GMT
Last evening I viewed an excellent half hour film relating the 1988 IMSA season in association with Nissan. This was the year that the IMSA Nissan finally came good with Geoff Brabham winning the championship and he attained the feat of winning 8 races in a row. Although it looked like domination the racing was spectacular and close at times. Some horrific accidents as well especially John Morton's in the Nissan, but he survived and came back well later in the season. Some of those road circuits in America are truly spectacular, something many of us have remarked upon previously, truly wonderful venues. The Nissan GTP shook the rafters and took the wind 
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Post by charleselan on May 18, 2020 13:44:50 GMT
Excellent Carl, that is the very film I had viewed the other evening. Noting that towards the end of the film there was a shot of the gorgeous looking Corvette that promised so much, and which had a truly lovely colour scheme in black/white and silver with red pin striping.
I have just come across this brilliant film of the complete Grand Prix of Palm Beach IMSA race from 1987, this is superb and well worth watching. Early on there is an interview with Lynn St. James, very 80's looking hairstyle but a very attractive lady and no slouch in the cockpit either.
I will sit down and watch it in complete form later today.
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Post by René on May 18, 2020 14:51:42 GMT
I watched most IMSA races in the late 80s/early 90s live as they were broadcasted by Eurosport back then. Great cars, great racing. Love it!
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Post by Carl on May 18, 2020 16:30:20 GMT
Excellent Carl, that is the very film I had viewed the other evening. Noting that towards the end of the film there was a shot of the gorgeous looking Corvette that promised so much, and which had a truly lovely colour scheme in black/white and silver with red pin striping. I have just come across this brilliant film of the complete Grand Prix of Palm Beach IMSA race from 1987, this is superb and well worth watching. Early on there is an interview with Lynn St. James, very 80's looking hairstyle but a very attractive lady and no slouch in the cockpit either. John Charles, I look forward to sitting down at my desktop and watching on a good sized monitor. The beautiful Corvette GTP had occasional good results, but GM's effort was badly disjointed, whereas Lynn Saint James was always fast and remains beautiful, given a soft lens. -Carl
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Post by Carl on May 21, 2020 3:32:06 GMT
Excellent Carl, that is the very film I had viewed the other evening. Noting that towards the end of the film there was a shot of the gorgeous looking Corvette that promised so much, and which had a truly lovely colour scheme in black/white and silver with red pin striping. I have just come across this brilliant film of the complete Grand Prix of Palm Beach IMSA race from 1987, this is superb and well worth watching. Early on there is an interview with Lynn St. James, very 80's looking hairstyle but a very attractive lady and no slouch in the cockpit either. I will sit down and watch it in complete form later today. A fascinating glimpse into the past with great cars, great names, great dames poolside and a gorgeous Lynn Saint James in the announcers' booth. Like seniors a decade earlier in the drowsy retirement community of Long Beach, those in Palm Beach may have sacrificed several afternoon naps to rediscover adventure. Although the street course at Palm Beach was not the best, the duel between the #44 Jaguar and #14 Porsche, over many laps near the end, was a reversal of that from the earlier race at Riverside. Great racing! |
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Post by charleselan on May 21, 2020 12:28:26 GMT
Excellent Carl, that is the very film I had viewed the other evening. Noting that towards the end of the film there was a shot of the gorgeous looking Corvette that promised so much, and which had a truly lovely colour scheme in black/white and silver with red pin striping. I have just come across this brilliant film of the complete Grand Prix of Palm Beach IMSA race from 1987, this is superb and well worth watching. Early on there is an interview with Lynn St. James, very 80's looking hairstyle but a very attractive lady and no slouch in the cockpit either. I will sit down and watch it in complete form later today. A fascinating glimpse into the past with great cars, great names, great dames poolside and a gorgeous Lynn Saint James in the announcers' booth. Like seniors a decade earlier in the drowsy retirement community of Long Beach, those in Palm Beach may have sacrificed several afternoon naps to rediscover adventure. Although the street course at Palm Beach was not the best, the duel between the #44 Jaguar and #14 Porsche, over many laps near the end, was a reversal of that from the earlier race at Riverside. Great racing! We really were spoilt for choice back then with so many great racing series around the globe. I did not take that much notice of IMSA originally as there was little coverage available to me back in the UK at the time. Although most of the weekly/monthly journals had race reports. However when I began to get model kits sent for review of IMSA cars I had to dig deeper. Bob Tullius' Group 44 Jaguars were fabulous machines and the forerunners before TWR became the factory brand. I have a pretty rare 1/43rd scale kit of this car made by a French company which remains unbuilt to this day unfortunately; some say they are worth more in that state anyway, but defeats the object really. The car came over to Goodwood many years ago, and on one of the occasions when i attended, still looked very good along with Bob himself. |
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Post by René on May 21, 2020 14:24:07 GMT
A fascinating glimpse into the past with great cars, great names, great dames poolside and a gorgeous Lynn Saint James in the announcers' booth. Like seniors a decade earlier in the drowsy retirement community of Long Beach, those in Palm Beach may have sacrificed several afternoon naps to rediscover adventure. Although the street course at Palm Beach was not the best, the duel between the #44 Jaguar and #14 Porsche, over many laps near the end, was a reversal of that from the earlier race at Riverside. Great racing! We really were spoilt for choice back then with so many great racing series around the globe. I did not take that much notice of IMSA originally as there was little coverage available to me back in the UK at the time. Although most of the weekly/monthly journals had race reports. However when I began to get model kits sent for review of IMSA cars I had to dig deeper. Bob Tullius' Group 44 Jaguars were fabulous machines and the forerunners before TWR became the factory brand. I have a pretty rare 1/43rd scale kit of this car made by a French company which remains unbuilt to this day unfortunately; some say they are worth more in that state anyway, but defeats the object really. The car came over to Goodwood many years ago, and on one of the occasions when i attended, still looked very good along with Bob himself. It's true that some model kits are worth more when left unbuild and the same goes for static or slot car models when left unaltered. Personally I never cared for that to be honest as a kit is meant to be build. And when I can upgrade the looks of a model by adding detail or for instance adding tobacco decals, I will, even if that means the model is less worth from a collectors point of view. I buy them for my personal enjoyment, not as an investment. It's the same for me that I sometimes got interested in a car or series because a nice model was released and I bought that. Then you start to dig deeper as you say. |
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Post by charleselan on May 21, 2020 16:03:15 GMT
We really were spoilt for choice back then with so many great racing series around the globe. I did not take that much notice of IMSA originally as there was little coverage available to me back in the UK at the time. Although most of the weekly/monthly journals had race reports. However when I began to get model kits sent for review of IMSA cars I had to dig deeper. Bob Tullius' Group 44 Jaguars were fabulous machines and the forerunners before TWR became the factory brand. I have a pretty rare 1/43rd scale kit of this car made by a French company which remains unbuilt to this day unfortunately; some say they are worth more in that state anyway, but defeats the object really. The car came over to Goodwood many years ago, and on one of the occasions when i attended, still looked very good along with Bob himself. It's true that some model kits are worth more when left unbuild and the same goes for static or slot car models when left unaltered. Personally I never cared for that to be honest as a kit is meant to be build. And when I can upgrade the looks of a model by adding detail or for instance adding tobacco decals, I will, even if that means the model is less worth from a collectors point of view. I buy them for my personal enjoyment, not as an investment. It's the same for me that I sometimes got interested in a car or series because a nice model was released and I bought that. Then you start to dig deeper as you say. I dislike the thought that a kit is worth more un-opened than built up especially to a very high standard. Many collectors with that mindset are not real fans but profiteers, just like the idiots on eBay who try to inflate prices. Interestingly I also became interested in 1980's Trans-Am racing due to getting kits of cars from that series as well, just like Dorsey Schroder's Mustangs which just looked fabulous. |
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Post by Carl on Aug 4, 2021 17:57:24 GMT
IMSA Prototypes and GT cars will be at Road America on Sunday. All classes will take part in an almost three hour event starting at 18.30 or 19.30 European time, by which time the cool people are in the bar at Siebkens.
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