Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Racing Hard in the wet

[Britt2Asa (Britt2Asa]

Yes, I go almost every year. I know where to sit, where to go, and what to see. Its well worth it even though the event is now huge compared with a 10 years ago. Still great cars, classic planes, and stuff to see....

 

Britt

 

BR in the UK1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 74,000 miles)
Searching for the right 512TR
1997 Fiat Barchetta
1985 Bertone X1/9
2003 BMW 530d
1991 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Red
1992 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Black
1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Yellow
1971 Volvo P1800E
1949 Chevy 3100
2010 BMW 320d
2001 BMW 318i Touring

 

In a message dated 17/09/2013 23:11:02 GMT Daylight Time, l02turner [at] comcast.net writes:

Speaking of historics being driven hard - The newest C&D has an interview with Ron Howard which naturally concentrated on RUSH.  He mentioned using classic/historic racers for some scenes and said something that made me smile - "these were wealthy guys who were so cool ...  but not a single owner would let us put our driver behind the wheel"

I thought that was such a great observation - and it came from a guy who has a few bucks in the bank -  guess the racing bug bit him differently....    If I had a 312T I doubt anyone else would drive it either .......

re: Goodwood - one of the Holy Grail of car nut places to visit - along with Monaco, Monza and LeMans.  GW seems to attract a lot of GTOs every year, and all seem to be driven so hard you'd never know they were worth 10s of millions USD.  One of these days ...

For now, Youtube will have to do...  I assume you were there Britt??

LarryT

On 9/16/2013 4:44 PM, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote:

Anybody who doesn't think that expensive classics get "really" raced hard hasn't been to the Goodwood TT race at the revival...

 

Below are some pictures taken yesterday...

 

The GTO was clouted but finished the race, luckily the body work didn't cut the tire...

 

Those scrapes won't "buff" out....

 

Race started dry and after 45 minutes it started pouring.....two safety cars but no black flags... for the first time in Goodwood HISTORY an Aston won the race, probably due to the lighter weight and better handling in the wet...

 

 

 

 

 

 

BR in the UK1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK 1980 400i (RHD 74,000 miles)
Searching for the right 512TR
1997 Fiat Barchetta
1985 Bertone X1/9
2003 BMW 530d
1991 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Red
1992 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Black
1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Yellow
1971 Volvo P1800E
1949 Chevy 3100
2010 BMW 320d
2001 BMW 318i Touring

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