Great video!
Thanks!
Rog
The coolest era of American road racing.
They appeared to leave Bob Sharp's car sitting on the track after his crash for the rest of the race, that seems weird.
I didn't remember there were Panteras racing in IMSA, or the Mustang II.
The crew guy working on an engine swap with the pipe in his mouth was awesome. We need more of that in racing today.
Berk if those Chevy Monza's didn't make sweet looking racers.
Trucker hats everywhere! Flatbills, no less.
This is an excellent video and I really enjoyed watching it. I love period films of vintage racing
AMiataCalledSteve said:This is an excellent video and I really enjoyed watching it. I love period films of vintage racing
Me too. Check the thread I just posted:
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/another-good-old-racing-film/266645/page1/
A few random thoughts:
I had forgotten just how raw that track (and others) used to be. Track limits? How 'bout a strip of grass and an eight foot high wall of red clay? That's yer track limit, Bub.
And I really enjoyed the camera angles used in this recording. Races on tv, with the cameras up high and taking a long view down the track, really "flatten" the track and can really "slow" down the cars. This camerawork was much more immediate for lack of a better word. I didn't realize how much I miss that.
Gotta love an era that has a guy smoking a pipe while working in the engine bay.
Finally, thanks for posting.
That was a good video.
I randomly came across this today. Apparently you can still buy fiberglass IMSA body panels for Monzas, made from molds of the original cars.
https://hairyglass.com/collections/road-racing
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