RE: Ferrari 512M: Time For Tea?
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paranha said:
Fabulous sounds that make ones hair stand on end--Forgive my fading memory, but was the 512m with Lorenzo Bandini the winner of the BOAC 1000Km, at Brands in 1970?
No, the Libyan has passed away in 1967.BOAC 1000 kms Brands Hatch 1970: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6-sCrRSrlgE
By far and away the best 512M of the lot.
This now belongs to Lawrence Stroll, who's quite the chap. His is perhaps the best car collection in the world and the circuit in the film is Mont Tremblant, which he also owns. When I visited back in 2011, Stroll was exercising his 333SP, F1 GTR and FXX Evo. The following day he landed by helicopter with his guest for the afternoon, one Lewis Hamilton. The 330 P4 featured in another Petrolicious film recently is also his.
This now belongs to Lawrence Stroll, who's quite the chap. His is perhaps the best car collection in the world and the circuit in the film is Mont Tremblant, which he also owns. When I visited back in 2011, Stroll was exercising his 333SP, F1 GTR and FXX Evo. The following day he landed by helicopter with his guest for the afternoon, one Lewis Hamilton. The 330 P4 featured in another Petrolicious film recently is also his.
Fantastic little vid! That noise!!! 
A good friend of mine is a racing driver of many decades (and continues to do so, having set a world land speed record of over 225 MPH in an Alfa Spider when he was already in his 70s. A brief article showing him and the car can be found here: http://www.vernparker.com/home/2009/9/3/virginia-m... ) He primarily raced sports cars and owns several interesting cars such as the French Grand Prix-winning Cooper T51 in Yeoman Credit Racing livery, a SIATA 300BC, a "Pagoda" 250SL, and an all-original Jag XK150 S.
The reason I bring him up is that his first race was in October 1958 (can't remember where). Also competing that day was another young driver in his first race. Well, this other young, rookie driver dominated that day, winning his very first race by a very wide margin. This promising young talent was none other than Mark Donohue, who would go on to be one of the greatest American racing drivers, winning three Trans-Am championships, the Can-Am championship (driving the brutal, infamous Porsche 917-30), the Indy 500, and the first IROC championship, before his untimely death in 1975.
A good friend of mine is a racing driver of many decades (and continues to do so, having set a world land speed record of over 225 MPH in an Alfa Spider when he was already in his 70s. A brief article showing him and the car can be found here: http://www.vernparker.com/home/2009/9/3/virginia-m... ) He primarily raced sports cars and owns several interesting cars such as the French Grand Prix-winning Cooper T51 in Yeoman Credit Racing livery, a SIATA 300BC, a "Pagoda" 250SL, and an all-original Jag XK150 S.
The reason I bring him up is that his first race was in October 1958 (can't remember where). Also competing that day was another young driver in his first race. Well, this other young, rookie driver dominated that day, winning his very first race by a very wide margin. This promising young talent was none other than Mark Donohue, who would go on to be one of the greatest American racing drivers, winning three Trans-Am championships, the Can-Am championship (driving the brutal, infamous Porsche 917-30), the Indy 500, and the first IROC championship, before his untimely death in 1975.
smilo996 said:
Petrolicious have knocked together a very high quality site for those interested in classic cars and relatively ordinary owners. Top quality video and photography and a sposor based business model.......
Could enhance the PH experience....
Just stumbled across this... Their YouTube channel is utterly epic.Could enhance the PH experience....
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