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Le Mans, Ride with Hawthorn – 52 Years Ago in June

post #1 of 7
1/21/08 at 2:35am
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Take a ride with Mike Hawthorn in the D-Type Jaguar. (link below)



A far cry from the sanitized and packaged events we see today. Imagine practicing on the open road as pedestrians, bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, cars, and trucks go about their business on the same tarmac!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs

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post #2 of 7
1/22/08 at 1:35am
Great find. The lack of barriers in those days (and into the 70s) still shocks me
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post #3 of 7
1/22/08 at 3:25pm
Jaguar !

Those guys had balls.
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post #4 of 7
2/22/08 at 4:06pm
Good catch. Balls is right. Not like these cars were slow, or tracks not dangerous. Those helmets did nothing for safety.
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post #5 of 7
2/22/08 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. Checks View Post
Jaguar !

Those guys had balls.

The "˜Bentley Brothers' in the 20-30's were just as fearless...they lived fast and they died fast.

Jon.
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post #6 of 7
2/23/08 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by Full Canvas View Post
Take a ride with Mike Hawthorn in the D-Type Jaguar. (link below)



A far cry from the sanitized and packaged events we see today. Imagine practicing on the open road as pedestrians, bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, cars, and trucks go about their business on the same tarmac!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs

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I can't imagine. I'm not stupid enough, I guess.
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post #7 of 7
2/24/08 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by Full Canvas
Imagine practicing on the open road as pedestrians, bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, cars, and trucks go about their business on the same tarmac!

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Originally Posted by johnapril
I can't imagine. I'm not stupid enough, I guess.

Surely you are being overly modest when you remark that you cannot imagine. Please allow another's imaginative guess: It's likely only a small step upward for you to reach stupidity.

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