Your Golden Epoch?

Sir Henry Segrave, not Seagrave.

No substitute for cc. Down this road again? How long have you got?

Looks like sports car racing, WEC continues on the up, but not sure yet if it's going to be a golden age.
Latest brand throwing it's hat in the ring is Caddy, running Dallara chassis for them will be Chip Ganassi racing.

Facilities at the Sarthe are much better now, but back in the 80s a guy with a property near the kink sold you a small beer for basically £3, you could then view from his garden, bl**dy fast down the chute .

Its frightening to think the new pits are now over thirty years old, SWMBO has indicated a wish to come to the race with me this year, not convinced that's a good idea,she hasn't been since 1999.

Must say I'm looking forward to seeing the Peugeots this year .

tangerinedream said:

SWMBO has indicated a wish to come to the race with me this year, not convinced that's a good idea,she hasn't been since 1999.

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I hope she has a strong enough constitution to cope with the bogs at 7 a.m.

So the first order of business was putting the top down?

tangerinedream said:

Facilities at the Sarthe are much better now, but back in the 80s a guy with a property near the kink sold you a small beer for basically £3, you could then view from his garden, bl**dy fast down the chute .

Its frightening to think the new pits are now over thirty years old, SWMBO has indicated a wish to come to the race with me this year, not convinced that's a good idea,she hasn't been since 1999.

Must say I'm looking forward to seeing the Peugeots this year .

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I've only been once, but fortunately I chose 1988! I was able to swing down off the top of the old pits and into the pit lane at the end! Got a very dissaproving look from a mechanic I nearly landed on....

Same at the early Le Mans which were designed to test the car as much as race them so raising or lowering the roof, to test it's efficiency and ease of use, was a compulsory test before leafing the grid.

Remember rocking up at Caen for the Brittany Ferries afternoon sailing back to Portsmouth after the race on a Monday,late eighties, some guys in the next lane in a Volvo estate ,had a silk cut Jag cracked windscreen lashed to the roof.

The fun and games continued on board, there were plenty of tannoy announcements by the poor French girl on the information desk.

Folks were trying to find Mike Hunt and R Slicker, don't know if they ever did.

Brittany Ferries was a pleasant experience as cross channel ferries go.

Quite right, Keith. Taking the top down was compulsory before starting the race. It wasn't, however, just part of the test. There was a prevailing notion in those days that a sports car by definition had to be open-topped.

As a boy growing up, I listened to many snooty conversations among my father's generation about "proper sports cars," and fear that quite a lot of their sneering rubbed awf on me for a good long while.

Nowadays, I couldn't give a fig.

The first picture can't be real, no one is smoking 😄

Pipes burning in their pockets probably, Keith.