I’m sure I’ll be adding videos as more trickle in. Have to go next year.
Category: Event
Stefan Marjoram sent along his set of photos (and sketches!) from Friday’s session of the Goodwood Revival. Stefan thought he wasn’t going to make it out to the track, but by happenstance he found his Friday open up and picked up a ticket at the last minute. This is good news for all of us, because he has a marvelous eye for capturing the atmosphere and spirit of this world’s greatest historic meeting. The focus here on the participants, spectators, and the paddocks is so evocative of the romance of Goodwood, and makes me want to drag myself across the pond for next year’s event all the more.
I’ve long been a reader of Stefan’s sketch blog, so it was double the treat to receive these photos from him. Click on over to Stefan’s Flickr for the complete set. Thanks, Stefan!
Those of you heading to the Goodwood Revival this weekend might find this handy. This iPhone app released by the event organizers offers a venue map and calendar of events. It’s simple, yes, but might prove invaluable if you need to make it to a good corner in time for Saturday’s Madgwick Cup race or know what time to look up to see the P-51 Mustang fly-by.
If you’re heading to Goodwood—controlling seething envy—be sure to send some photos our way. We have to live vicariously through someone after all.
Karsten Arndt (aka: Farbild) wrote in with a link to their great set of photos from the Nurburgring’s OldTimer GP. I think it continues to prove how photogenic the Nürburgring really is. What I particularly like about this set is when day turns to night. It’s incredibly rare (unheard of even?) to have a night vintage race in the States, with the Old-Timer GP, the Spa 6 Hours, and LeMans Classic, Europe definitely has a leg up on racing that’s more true to the origins of the endurance racers that only participate in sprints in the States. Accentuating the divide, many American vintage weekends have an “endurance” heat that is a 1 hour race. I suspect that fussy neighbors keep Lime Rock or Road America from hosting a night race, but what a marvel it would be. Click on over to Karsten’s site for the complete set.
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Monterey 2010′s Bugatti GP
John Kerridge wrote in with this clip he shot at Monterey. It’s the most astounding collection of Bugatti Grand Prix cars on track that I’ve ever seen. The clip’s rolling wave after wave of French racing blue is hypnotic, and you begin to forget how truly rare and precious each of these incredible machines truly is. Individually, each is a masterpiece; en masse, the collection transcends a mere field of racing cars and becomes a study of technical sophistication and sculptural grace.
But enough of my ramblings, John has the details on the session.
“The scene is Turn 3 at Laguna Seca on the opening lap of the Bugatti Grand Prix that was included in the program of vintage races at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, 12-15 August 2010. The first car to arrive is the Type 35B driven by Peter Giddings. He is closely followed by Charles McCabe in his Type 59 (that used to belong to Giddings!). In third place is Charles Dean, from London, England, in his Type 51. Although Dean is well known in the UK as a very quick driver with an extremely powerful car (reputedly delivering 260 HP from 2.3 liters — supercharged, of course), it’s my understanding that he was not familiar with the Laguna Seca track. So after getting past McCabe, he very sensibly followed Giddings for a few laps in order to learn the correct lines from the maestro. That task accomplished, the 260 horses were allowed to gallop, giving him a three-second per lap advantage over the Type 35B, and victory.
Further down the pack, seven cars lapped within a second or so of each other: Hubert Jaunin, from Switzerland, in a Type 51; Sandy Leith, from Dedham, MA, in a Type 37; Konig Jurg, also from Switzerland, in a Type 37A; George Davidson, from Louisville, KY, in a Type 35B; David Hands, from Great Britain, in a Type 39; Mike Cleary, from Carpinteria, CA, in a Type 57; and Richard Riddell, from Laguna Beach, CA, in a Type 35C. This group provided a splendid spectacle, with the honors going to Jaunin. Incidentally, Mike Cleary was responsible for arranging the Bugatti Grand Prix, so it’s pleasing that he got to enjoy it himself, as well.
In case the perspective from which the video was shot is not familiar to those used to Laguna Seca, it was taken from a second-story stand constructed as part of the temporary Drivers’ Lounge for the Motorsports Reunion. This afforded a much better view of Turn 3 than is usually available. I was fortunately able to take advantage of this as I was racing my 1926 Frazer Nash the next day in Group 1B.”
Thanks John. Now where’s the shots of your Frazer Nash?
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Scarab Crash Photo Sequence
Well, the video may be gone for now, but thankfully, H.A.M.B. member Toner283 found these fantastic Dean Burnside-Machado photos. He was in the perfect spot at the perfect time.
Notice how ‘Ol Yaller spins a full 360° through the center of this catastrophe without a touch and keeps on going. That must have been a heart-stopper.
Update:
Dean Burnside-Machado posted in the comments that these were pulled from a larger collection of 25 photos on his facebook page here. Thanks Dean!
After seeing a second set of brilliant photography from Europe in the past couple of weeks (along with Laurent Nivalle’s fantastic LeMans Classic shots we featured last week), I’m convinced that—for all their faults—the big European tracks offer some simply spectacular angles for shooting the action on track and in the pits. Markus’ shots from the Oldtimers Grand Prix at the Nürburgring are equally marvelous. By comparison, the photos I’ve seen from this weekend’s activities at Laguna Seca only highlight how great these elevated viewing platforms of European tracks are for capturing angles of the cars that we rarely see when wandering the pits at tracks stateside. None of the shots I’ve seen from Monterey have offered the environmental drama of these shots from the Ring—please prove me wrong, send me your favorite Monterey sets!
See Markus’ complete set at the excellent Formfreu.de
Oh No! Sir Stirling is ok, but in reasonably poor spirits after his car was involved in a crash during this year’s Monterey races. StirlingMoss.com reports that “On Stirling’s out lap the car stepped out a wheel onto the grass putting it off the circuit, albeit without coming into contact with the barriers. A second car, also on its warm-up lap, left the circuit and hit the RS 61. Happily Stirling was unhurt, the car however suffered considerable damage, rendering it undriveable for the rest of the Monterey weekend.”
What a shame that this debut outing for Moss in the RS61 he purchased earlier in the year will also be the season’s last. Indications are that the car is repairable.
Update: From other reports on the incident, it appears that the other car mentioned was John Morton’s ’58 Scarab. Morton was taken to hospital, but climbed from the car on his own and waved to the crowd before climbing into the ambulance. From the looks of this photo, it doesn’t look too good for the Scarab itself. Hopefully it too will be repairable.
As Sean points out in the comments, the Moss and Morton crashes were entirely separate incidents. It seems obvious now that the Scarab and Porsche would be in different races but I guess this is what I get for trying to follow along on the weekend’s events from 2 time zones away. I’m sorry for mixing that up.
More updates on the incident as I hear more.
What I wouldn’t give for even half of Laurent Nivalle’s eye for capturing beautifully composed shots on the fly. Any one of these shots would be a worthy photo shoot that would please any photographer and art director. A team of award winning shooters, ADs, photography assistants, lighting technicians, stylists, and a catering team could not capture the beauty of the LeMans classic any better. That Nivalle caught these shots on the fly, at a second’s notice, and managed to craft these magnificent compositions is quite an accomplishment. They’re all so good that I had trouble selecting just a few to whet you’re appetite. Click over to Laurent’s site for the complete set—they’re just gorgeous. via Grain Edit.
The only thing that could make Man on the Move contributor Dave Pinter’s photo gallery of Le Belle Macchine d’Italia car show better would be if the Italian Cars at Pocono organizers had the event on the track and not a golf course.
Head over to Man on the Move for the complete gallery. Bellissima!