Showing posts with label Favourite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Favourite. Show all posts
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Favourite Race Car - Another Updated Gallery (More Scans)
Over the Christmas break I had the chance to play with my scanner and found the following pictures which I wanted to preserve for prosperity. Once again, please forgive the picture quality as I am working with very basic equipment and software.
INDY 500
1992 Indy 500 winning Galmer as driven by Al Unser Jr. These were taken from the Autosport "Indy 500" preview magazine, and review article.
1993 Lola T93-00 again driven by Little Al, and again from the Autosport "Indy 500" preview magazine.
EUROCAR V6
Photos I took in the 1994 season at Birmingham Wheels.
More 1994 photos this time from Mallory Park.
A photo taken at the Formula Ford festival at Brand Hatch, in 1995 I think.
EUROCAR V8
Photos fro the 1996 Autosport International show. This was the first V8, Mike Jordans, as found on the BRSCC stand.
Other V8 photos taken at Mallory Park from the 1996 and 1997 seasons.
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Favourite Race Car - Updated Gallery
Following my "Favourite Race Car" blogs I thought I would update the galleries with several shots I have from old magazines articles and PR material. Forgive me if the quality is not the best as I have scanned these in and have done my best, with very limited software, to clean them up.
EUROCAR V6As I mentioned before, I was a big EUROCAR fan in the 90's.
The first two shots were from the July 1994 issue of Car and Car Conversions.
The third is a poster produced by the first EUROCAR team, Dagenham Motors who ran Barry Lee (1) and Alf Boarer (2).
EUROCAR V8
In 1996 EUROCAR introduced the V8.
The first photo of the 77 and the black 3 car was from the March 1994 issue of Car and Car Conversions.
The first photo of the 77 and the black 3 car was from the March 1994 issue of Car and Car Conversions. The first car was Mike Jordans 77 Mac Tools sponsored car.
The 77 car shot was from a Marcus Pye penned Autosport article circa 6th July 1996.
The black 3 car photo was taken from a 1996 EUROCAR PR poster.
INDY ROADSTER
These pictures are all taken from American magazine, Vintage Motorsport, May/June 2009. The car is the 1959 Simoniz Special Watson-Offy Indy Roadster.
IROC
My favourite IROC race car has always been the 1994/1995 Dodge Avenger. The shots of the black and white cars were taken from the March 1994 issue of Motor Trend, where they previewed the look of the upcoming Dodge coupe by track testing the IROC version, the red car and interior shots were found on the internet.
KURTIS KRAFT OFFY MIDGET
Monday, 6 December 2010
Favourite Drivers
Following my off season filling “Favourite Race Cars” list, I thought I might try “Favourite Drivers”. So as they say on the talent shows… in no particular order…
Mario Andretti
Mario won in F1, IndyCar, sportscars, NASCAR, midgets, sprint cars and drag racing. Four time IndyCar Champion. The only driver to win the Daytona 500 (1967), Indy 500 (1969), and the Formula 1 World Championship (1978). 'Nuff said!!
Dale Earnhardt
"The Intimidator, 3, The Man In Black." Dale won seventy six NASCAR Cup series races, seven Winston Cup Championships and one Daytona 500. The day Earnhardt won the 500 was a great day! I watched the race from the comfort of a youth hostel in LA, and my over-riding memory was of not being able to sit or stand still for excitement! One of the greats! RIP.
Andy Rouse
BTCC Champion in 1975, '83, '84 and '85. Has sixty race wins. He also won BTCC Class A, driving his RS500, in 1988 and 1989. Watch this clip to see the master at work...
Tony Stewart / Juan Pablo MontoyaMy favourite active NASCAR drivers!
Tony Stewart, "Smoke"; won the Indy 500 in 1996, and the NASCAR Cup title in 2002 and again in 2005! One of the best in anything with a USAC sticker on it (sprint cars, midgets, Silver Crown), he now runs his own team (NASCAR and World of Outlaws among others) and owns or co-owns various tracks including Eldora dirt track. A racers racer!
JPM won the CART title in 1999, as a rookie! He has won the Indy 500 (2000), the 24 Hours of Daytona and the Monaco Grand Prix. He was NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 2007, and won NASCAR Cup series road races in 2007 at Sonoma and in 2010 at Watkins Glen! Good car number!
Al Unser Jr
"Little Al" was the youngest ever IROC Champion, winning in 1986, and again in 1988. He lost the 1985 CART title by 1 point, to his father. He was CART Champion in 1990 and won the 1992 Indy 500 by 0.043 seconds, the closest finish ever. He won the Indy 500, and the CART title again in 1994. Two time Daytona 24 hours winner. The only driver I have ever known to paint his helmet the same colour as his car!
John Cleland
Cleland was the overall 1989 BTCC Champion in a Vauxhall Astra, beating the RS500's to the title! One of the early 2 litre era stars, winning the Championship again in '95 driving a Cavalier. I have never forgiven Steve Soper for the Silverstone crash in '92!!
Bill Elliott
"Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", "Million Dollar Bill" won the Winston Million in 1985 by winning the Daytona, Winston and Southern 500's , hence the nickname. He won The Winston in '86, and the Daytona 500 again in '87. In 1988 he finally won the Winston Cup. He set the NASCAR qualifying average speed record of 210.364mph at Daytona, and 212.809mph at Talladega, with them NASCAR introduced the restrictor plate, ensuring the records stand to this day! He also won NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award sixteen times; '84 to '88, '91 to 2000 and lastly in 2002, the year in which he won the Brickyard 400. The driver who taught me to understand the southern drawl!!
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