Historic Le mans pics

[fatboy18]

Had posted these in another section, but thought you would like to see some of them.

If you have your own set of pictures from earlier years, please post them up here

So I will kick it off with my first... Le mans 1982




Le mans 1982

Full album here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90582394@N02/sets/72...


Le mans 1994
First year of the Dodge Viper! This was supposed to also be Dereck Bells Last competitive Le mans race, the TV were making a big thing about it, he was Co piloting a Kremer K8 Spyder,
they Finished 6th. As with most racing drivers, he decided to give it another go in 1995



Sadly not as many photos this time

Rest of set here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/90582394@N02/sets/72...

Edited by fatboy18 on Tuesday 18th November 14:49

[lucky b]

These are from 1988 (I think!)

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Derek Bell

Blaupunkt-Joest Drivers - Sorry names not known


How did this get there?

Paddock was open;
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[Aphex]

Slightly not safe for work there mate

[fatboy18]

Brilliant We need more of this to keep us going over the winter months

[NormanD]

No pictures of the Tropicana girls then

[Matt Harper]

lucky b said:

Blaupunkt-Joest Drivers - Sorry names not known

Bob Wollek (FR) and Hans Stuck (DE)

[NormanD]

lucky b said:

This lady responded to the age old cry of "get your top off for the boys"

Nice on

From the sights one sees these day I would ask them to put their cloths back on

[fatboy18]

Cough, Cough, did someone say Hawaiian Tropic?
1981




1982


1984
[url=https://flic.kr/p/cGktCq]Le Mans 24 Hours, 1984.


1993 Le mans

The Hawaiian Tropic girls outside the old ACO Shop in the Village



Full set here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kartingnord/sets/721...

Edited by fatboy18 on Wednesday 19th November 16:51

[fatboy18]

This was taken in 1982 - but the Ferris Wheel was a feature for many years

This was blazing hot 1983

T-Bird Swap Shop 956B run by Preston Henn 1983 also

This Pantera was entered by a UK team - I think it was 91 or 92 - we sneaked onto the straight - this was taken at daybreak.

Group 44 Jaguar 1984

This was minutes before the celebrations in '82

J David 956 of John Fitzpatrick 1983

I think that's a Sauber Merc with it's headlights on - 89 - or 90, before they fked around with the run down to the esses.

Ear-splitting Mazda 717 C2 1983

Pit straight at dawn 1983

Callaway Agusta Corvette C4 - I'm guessing early-mid 90's

Starting grid from the old pit balcony 1990?

Raymond Boutinaud 928S - 1983

Tribunes 1981

Billy Hagan Stratagraph Camaro 1981
....and who remembers this very famous vendor?

[NormanD]

fatboy18 said:

Cough, Cough, did someone say Hawaiian Tropic?

That reminds me of Gordon Spice racing at LeMans

I knew Gordon and his wife Mandy (Creech) in their LeMans days so would be able to get into the pits

He wrote an interesting book published in 2009 (still available) 'Life of Spice'

Edited by NormanD on Friday 21st November 20:29