1964, XXIV Grand Prix de Belgique. Spa Francorchamps. The Great Jim Clark Jim driving his Lotus 25 to the circuit through the streets. Those were the days
Photo by Sigurd Reilbach
Saw Jimmy Clark driving down the street
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Howie Ursaner
, Jun 03 2013 02:02 PM
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Howie Ursaner
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 02:02 PM
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 02:14 PM
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Remember, two wrongs don't make a right... but three lefts do! Only you're a block over and a block behind.
Remember, two wrongs don't make a right... but three lefts do! Only you're a block over and a block behind.
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 03:18 PM
Howie,
Indeed!! In 1970 at the Spa Francorchamps 1000 KM Sports Car Race, Tore Anderson and I were camped in the forest literally yards from the track, and could walk across with wine bottles in hand while the race was in progress!! Ferrari 512's, Porsche 917's, Surtees, Ickx, Rodriguez, Siffert, et al..................and the sound of the cars running around beneath the Ardennes hills was unreal! To bad we didn't take any pictures........
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 05:53 PM
Look'ee at 'dem widea$$ tires! Cool pic!
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 06:09 PM
More amazing than the narrow tires are the magnesium wheels with no venting, meaning that the already rather inefficient Girling brakes are cooking with little chance to evacuate both heat and brake dust...
The following year, Chapman got it right and the new Lotus wheels were a 6-spoke design allowing the brakes some breathing.
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Posted 03 June 2013 - 07:14 PM
Bryan,
I just gotta talk to you about that this Sat. What a hoot that must have been! 
Tom Eatherly
