THE NEW MOTORSPORTS VAULT | PETERSEN MUSEUM VAULT TOUR

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[@mapdrew3303]

Just clarifying that Sir Jack Brabham passed away 19th May 2014. Not in a racing event

[@maxwellharris507]

At 17:28 it was Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison punching each other out, and that was the 1979 race. The wreck before the finish line was Richard Petty and David Pearson

[@roberthill2219]

I've been waiting a while for an episode like this. It would have been nice if you had somebody who was actually knowledgeable about the cars and people he was talking about. Kind of makes me think about that time 8 years ago when I couldn't get the time of day trying to put an application in to volunteer at your place.

[@pmimagery1295]

Thank you Shell. You're on my bucket list.

[@boholde2757]

Pete Smith......Jack Brabham’s Cooper was indeed the first rear engine car to compete in the Indy 500. Jim Clark’s Lotus came along later.

[@timfenrich5328]

Love the vault videos 👍

[@suzettekirby2455]

Very interesting, great tour thanks Shell!

[@davidparker8221]

In addition to mis-attributing Sir Jack Brabham's death to a 60's racing crash as opposed to as an 88 year old man in 2014 from liver disease, Sir Jack designed, built and drove his car to not just a Formula 1 race win but the Championship in 1966. Dan Gurney is the only U.S. American to build and race a car (the Weslake Eagle) and win a singular Formula 1 race (the 1967 Belgium Grand Prix) Technically, he didn't design it, but it was designed by an employee of Gurney's All American Racers company, Len Terry (from the U.K.) Setting aside Bruce MacLaren's and A.J. Foyt's cars and stories...
Cale Yarborough (William Caleb Yarborough) was born in Timmonsville, SOUTH CAROLINA. Hence "The Bulldog" nickname. Not Alabama. Never a member of the Alabama gang like Bobby and Donnie Allison or Neil Bonnett... Legend has it upon seeing the Allison Brothers and crew arrive, Cale said, "Aw, Here comes that ol' Alabama Gang!" , and it stuck. There are volumes of information here attached to these vehicles, and the people behind them. These cars are not arranged in chronological order, which would make presenting them and their stories easier. Remember musuems are "non-profit", so docents are volunteers or nominally paid, and you get out of them what you invest in their scripts and training.

[@boyfrmnewyork]

The "Bruce and Denny Show" for the Mclaren Can Am team were car numbers 4 and 5 (not 5 and 6)...

[@barbershoppodcast]

It was Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough who plowed into each other down the backstretch and into turn 3 on the final lap of the 1980 Daytona 500, coming to a stop in the infield and having a good-old Southern punch up, not Richard Petty...... it was Petty who went from 3ed to 1st to win the race, a ratings bonanza for network TV in it/s debut on nation wide TV.

[@jenBaker707]

We will be there! thank you :) Great video - loved this gentleman. I've got to go find out what makes the Offenhauser engine design so good now. (ps. you nailed the sound quality this time)

[@shellreinish6405]

Look up Harry Miller for the full story, Interesting man

[@melissatincopa9606]

Great theme!

[@meanmrmustang]

Can we please check our information, Cale Yarborough, was not a member of the Alabama Gang

[@shellreinish6405]

Sorry I miss spoke, True he was not

[@neilperry2224]

Didn't they also use the Hispano Suiza V8 engines but cut in half leaving a 4cyl engine used after the first World War in midget racers ?
The Can Am Racing was ruined by porsche by using the 917/30 driven by Mark Donohue and Roger Penske.
Sir Jack Brabham died recently and not in a tragic racing accident, his sons live in the UK and Australia and have started to build cars again.
The black AC Cobra was a production Racer not first build Cobra, that was owned by Carroll Shelby till after his death and sold along with the twin turbo super snake Cobra.

[@inlangford]

A docent is a guide or lecturer at a museum, art gallery or zoo.

[@lindasalgado2951]

Thank you for sharing, very informative.

[@ChristopherOvrebo]

He's like a Boston Art Eckman

[@mikehatch2114]

Who made the open wheel car used in the Stallone movie. Says Haas on the side. Is it a Penske ?

[@campwabigoonwahanda2785]

I believe that it was a Reynard with no engine: just a block of wood.

[@shellreinish6405]

A movie prop the markings have been changed many times since the movie

[@westorangecommunityband2506]

Cale Yarborough was from South Carolina, NOT Alabama.

[@shellreinish6405]

thanks

[@ChristopherOvrebo]

Drive was the best movie ever put to film! What are you talking about!?

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

With race-cars especially, you really need to see under the skin to appreciate them. I get that this is just an overview, but a minute or two on each car, with no real specifics or technical details, just isn't enough- especially with motorsports; mixing up landspeed cars with Indycars with drag cars with midgets, is just weird and unfocussed, like comparing a heavyweight boxer, a tiny Russian gymnast, a golf pro, and a sprinter. Better to do 10 or 20m video on each car, briefly explain the competion/series it was built for, then talk about the actual car, and at bare minimum, at least open the hood and show the engine.