What car triumphed the year you were born??

[2volvos]

Don't think we've had 1968 yet, so...

F1 - Graham Hill Lotus 49B



Le Mans - Rodriguez/Bianchi GT40



Targa Florio - Vic Elford/Umberto Magioli Porsche 907



Accepting all the points made by JYS in the excellent Killing Years programme last week, what a stunning time to be alive. Beatles & Stones still at their peak, Hendrix, Apollo...(ok, ok...student protests, Vietnam, RFK, MLK as well...)

[Eric Mc]

'68 was quite a traumatic year. Don't forget the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia too.

[2volvos]

Indeed - what was the quote someone said about the Apollo 8 mission, which was the first trip to leave Earth orbit and travel to the Moon around Christmas time, something like 'Thankyou Apollo 8, you've saved 1968'

[G0ldfysh]

1974, Jody Sheckter, Tyrrell-Ford
Winner Silverstone GP.

[Eric Mc]

G0ldfysh said:

1974, Jody Sheckter, Tyrrell-Ford
Winner Silverstone GP.

a - there is no such thing as the "Silverstone GP". It's the British GP

b - the 1874 British GP was held at Brands Hatch

[hondafanatic]

Eric Mc said:

a - there is no such thing as the "Silverstone GP". It's the British GP

b - the 1874 British GP was held at Brands Hatch

C - It's really important to make your own posts error free when correcting others.

[sherman]

1984 Nikki Lauda won the F1 champonship


and this Porshe won the 1984 lemans

[tonytifoso]

Eric Mc said:

Guess the year -

World Driver's Champion




World Constructor's Champion



It was one of those years where the two championships were NOT won by the same team.

Me too!

[jagracer]

This won Le Mans the year I was born.

[JBL930]

F1 with Stuart at the helm of the Tyrrell-Ford 006



Le Mans winner Matra-Simca 607B



World rally champion Alpine A110 1600

Edited by JBL930 on Tuesday 5th April 19:04

[aeropilot]

The best of the best

[Eric Mc]

hondafanatic said:

Eric Mc said:

a - there is no such thing as the "Silverstone GP". It's the British GP

b - the 1874 British GP was held at Brands Hatch

C - It's really important to make your own posts error free when correcting others.

1874 British GP - wom by the steam powered BRM V2.

Typo V' Historical and factual Errors?

[hondafanatic]

Eric Mc said:

hondafanatic said:

Eric Mc said:

a - there is no such thing as the "Silverstone GP". It's the British GP

b - the 1874 British GP was held at Brands Hatch

C - It's really important to make your own posts error free when correcting others.

1874 British GP - wom by the steam powered BRM V2.

Typo V' Historical and factual Errors?

Damn and blast. Hoisted by my own Petard.

[Eric Mc]

Hoisted by a pedant - more likely.

[hondafanatic]

Eric Mc said:

Hoisted by a pedant - more likely.

Is now a good time to ask what 'wom' means?

[Eric Mc]

It's the first part of a word ending in "bat".

[hondafanatic]

Eric Mc said:

It's the first part of a word ending in "bat".

It all makes sense now

[fomb]

Another one from 1978 for me - and an american.

[Chris Sideways]

Well another Louts 72 for me





And this is the car that won the year my son Jenson was born,cant think where we got his name from

[garybezz]

Jeez, how young are (most of) you -



Still - proper bloke, proper car, proper track. It was better back then wasn't it ?