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Formidable vidéo ! Merci ! J’ai ressenti les 10:11 premiers émois lorsque enfant je découvrais ce qui allait devenir la passion de ma vie. Je ne le savais pas encore mais c’est précisément ces autos là cette ambiance là qui c’est imprégné en moi d’une façon indélébile. Je me souviens de mon père qui me parlait des Chaparal avec leur aileron révolutionnaire…. Excusez moi d’être un peu long, mais ce reportage a fait remonter en moi des émotions que je pensais pas revivre à ce point…. Merci et quelle chance vous avez eu , ceux qui ont pu assister de près à cette époque merveilleuse ! Vive l’Angleterre ! Pays du sport auto ! De France 😜….

Couldn’t understand a damn thing,way too much Backround noise what did you go to a Construction site for this

Thank you for sharing this

Awesome Video,thank you for the sharing!

I was there parked on the South Bank.

Che bello, che nostalgia 😢

David Piper already looked old in 1967, but is still very much with us!

Love the video-Nice heavy rock band too! BUT the SOUND that I really like was the Growl & Scream of those racing engines! More,More!!

Steve-TH-cam channel “Fabulous 50’s”. 52 minute black & white film titled “ On the Pole”. Features Eddie Sachs. Great documentary!

Lovely News Steve.

Jeff Kline is a retired driver that lives very close to this house. Might check the info to see how close.

I knew she had passed in 2021, but I thought of Alice's home immediately upon hearing of the fires. I also knew of the den recreation. Great video, Steve. Answers a lot of questions.

Good video Steve. Very timely with the devastation out there.

@4:32 The Monaco red Ford Cortina, 4-door, 1500 GT, registration 449 EAM, between the two Beetles, Is driven by ME!! The owner of this beautiful, fast car. Beautiful red all over.

Love how he steps straight out of the terminal into his AC Cobra

Fantastic cars from the golden era...but dont mention 'ealth n safety...🎉❤

Yes I was there too! Not only the sights but the different engine notes and the pervading smell of castor R in the days before synthetic lube The cars were full of technical interest too , electronics definitely not the deciding factor factor

13:19: Another story of a car in which multiple drivers were killed goes back of few years before this era. Floyd Roberts won the 1938 Indy 500. In 1939, he died in a crash ( which I think this was a different car than the 1938 one, but can't totally confirm it) at Indy. The car was restored and sold to Cliff Bergere but was inactive for several years mostly due to World War Two. George Robson won the 1946 Indy 500, driving in a one off for Joel Thorne. Thorne did not race his cars on dirt, so after the race Robson signed with Bergere to run his car to finish out the season. In September, Robson was killed in a crash at Lakewood Park Speedway in Atlanta. Considering it to be a cursed car, Bergere then took a torch to the remains.

This is quite true it's also for certain sure and his old driver Aaron dare Carlos Minos those fort isms

Brands Hatch , an extrodirary race❤😢🎉

Chaparral were faster than GT40?

Thanks for this video. I just ordered the book from Octane Press. Regarding AJ's crash at Riverside, I know I've seen a video of Parnelli describing how he pulled a wad of dirt from the mouth of an unconscious AJ. As Parnelli described it, this occurred when AJ was on a gurney outside the infield hospital and presumed to be dead.

What a great video! 👍🏿

Ten shillings per ticket, am I reading that right?

It mystifies me to this day how the Jim Hall Chaparral team got financing to compete in the entire series of endurance races for 1967. Especially so to venture to the Targa Florio race on the island of Sicily. Aside from Firestone Tires and Shell Oil, where did the financing come from? Chevrolet (ahem!) _vehemently denied_ any involvement in motorsports after the 1963 Daytona 500 debacle. Development and fabrication of the one-off 2F race car didn't come cheap, unlike the Lola T70 coupe of that era that were sold to customers. Porsche and Ferrari had its automotive sales divisions to finance the race cars development and expenses for racing. Even with the massive financial resources Ford had that year for racing, their official entries was at Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans.

Great video

Mario@2:53?

Wonderful stuff.

5:55 the MGB. Wheres the 107% quali rule? And i had to replay the pit exit at 7:56. Life when common sense was used and not endless H+S rules.

I see a Chaparral in the mix.

Absolutely wonderful... once my ears recovered from the landing Jet during the opening.. hahaha

Also nice to see the Ferrari 330P4, surely the most beautiful sports racer ever made. Mauro Forghieri (who is briefly seen in the video during a pit stop) always regarded it as his favourite creation.

Endurance racing is better than any other racing, bite me.

A great race. I was in the crowd that day - makes me feel old. The throttle cable of my Fiat 500 snapped on the way home. I ran some fishing line from the carb, through the louvres on the boot and over the roof, then down through the sunroof. It was a bit elastic, but with only 21 bhp it hardly mattered.

Groovy Baby! The Golden Age of car racing.

i wonder what Auto gearbox the Americans used in the chaperall back then maybe a turbo 400 with a manual valve body.

My first race as a Trucky was at Brands back in 1984 with a Group C Lola T 610...... Where I took out the timing equipment in the timing tower!!! Long story...... But it lead to a 27 year career in Motor Racing ending up at Mclaren ...... Great memories....... And LOTS of stories...... :-))) xx

Thanks for posting this excellent coverage. A classic from the days of Ford v Ferrari, with the slippery Porsches and high-winged Chaparrals adding to the fun! 🎉

Fantastique doc, avec des voitures oubliées surtout vues pour moi en jeu vidéo, une victoire Chaparall avec cet aileron novateur et donc ce look incroyable pour l'époque, merci beaucoup!

I was there that day, aged 16, and travelled by train and bus to get there. I watched the whole race at Clearways, just by the pit entrance. When the race ended, the whole crowd along the pit straight hopped over the fence, down the bank and on to the track as the winner came round on his slowing down lap. I'd never seen that before and, slightly guiltily, my friend and I joined. I still have the photo of Phil Hill I took. It was his last race and Mike Spence was killed the following year at Indianapolis.

It's a shame today's F1 drivers don't drive in WEC events. I saw these cars at Sebring earlier that year, 1967 -- won by Andretti/McLaren in the Ford Mk IV. Finishing second was Foyt/Ruby in a Ford Mk IIB. Spectators back then had startling unrestriced access to the pits.

This is a Cultural Classic. 1967 was my favorite year for F1 -- the best looking cars from that year -- Lotus 49, Ferrari 312, Eagle Mk I. No decals, advertising or wings. Just pure, functional beauty. World Sports Car Championship cars were also beautiful. My first attendance was in 1967 at Canadian Grand Prix (Mosport Park) and Sebring. Any uphill, right-turn hairpin reminds me of Mosport.

Nice to get a glimpse of the unmistakable beard of Denis Jenkinson.

ColoUr!!

Groovy, baby!

Excellent!

I was at the 1968 BOAC watching the race at the BRDA enclosure when slowly everything slowly went quite apart from the racing as news of Jim Clarks demise came in, I guess someone had a portable radio and the news was passed mouth to mouth. at 18 I found it hard to understand how such a great driver could have been killed

Formidable témoignage sur les sixties . Miniskirts,rockandroll and James Bond car for the winers. Des courses mélangeant des Ferrari P4 avec des Lotus élan....et la Chaparall avec son aileron révolutionnaire. La course automobile était encore un sport pour gentlemen passionnés. Magnifique reportage . Merci ❤

GOOD old days.. when drivers drove cars... Rip Our Jack .