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Was wondering what Hendrix had to do with it

 

One of things I found fascinating about the Honda RA100E V10 is it didn't use a lower crankcase bearing bridge (like a Cosworth DFV) instead using rather traditional main crankshaft bearing caps.

 

That vid on the NA V10 was very cool.

Different discipline, but here's one on another early '90s feat of engineering.

 

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/l...er-219267.html





Short video:

You Tube

Longer video:

 

Embed blocked, good old raw engine noise

 

I'll never forget sitting across from the McLaren pits at the Canadian GP when they were running the V10's. The mechanics would run the engine up and down the rev range quickly so it sounded like "win, win, win, win . . . ." and they did.

 

Part 1 is post #910 in this thread:

https://acurazine.com/forums/motorsp.../#post16978933

 

1987 IMSA Budweiser Camel Grand Prix at Laguna Seca

Back when tobacco sponsorship was no problemo and Mazda was running the 757!

 

What an era. I feel sad for kids these days.

 

I started attending the Camel GT at the Glen in 1984 and have gone religiously since-one of the best races of the year ALWAYS.

 

As well as some teams being sponsored by and .

Cute story, a friend of mine (retired SCCA instructor and racer Formula Ford 2000 and Vintage cars) was at the Daytona race in the mid-80's invited by his friend who was a crew chief for a Porsche customer team. They were in the Porsche factory support van, and another South American team mechanic and the "financer" came in and bought a complete 935 twin turbo motor for cash out of a briefcase for something like $80k. The Porsche rep acted like it was business as usual, my friend said it coulda been a scene out of "Miami Vice".

https://www.ramp.space/en/artikel-bl...angster-racer/

 

Don't forget that the Miami Vice intro actually had IMSA in it.

 

I had no fkg idea about all this!!!


I remember those "cigarette boats" in the opening sequence for Miami Vice but completely forgot about the sports car racing.

 

Top F1 Overtakes

 

 

Senna: Best Onboards

1. 1989 Suzuka collision with Prost
2. 1991 Brazil win
3. 1993 Donnington opening lap overtakes
4. 1990 Monaco charge
5. 1992 Brazil vs Schumacher
6. 1989 Suzuka pole lap
7. 1986 Monaco w/ Lotus
8. 1991 Australia - Adelaide flying laps
9. 1989 Jerez
10. 1992 Spa - Erik Comas crash
11. 1992 Kyalami start
12. 1993 Australia - Final win

 

Historical, but current. 80s Group C race at Spa from this year. With a Sauber Mercedes [C9, I think] on pole

 

I's be too nervous to race one of those cars in the wet. Can you imagine crashing those classics on a puddle?

 

First green lap, into La Source, the C9 put it in the gravel

 

How do those drivers in that Group C classic race do it in conditions with such low visibility? Guess that's why they have their racing licenses.

And now to something completely different. Hard to believe that there were no fatalities in the vid below, esp the open cockpits and fireballs:

 

The CLK GTR [CLK-LM] was Mark Webber IIRC, luckily landed mostly upright in the trees.

 

And do you know why IMSA was in the opening sequence of "Miami Vice?" Here ya go:

The Gangsters of Motorsport

The IMSA season starts tomorrow with the legendary 24 Hours of Daytona. As connoisseurs know, the abbreviation IMSA stands for "International Motor Sports Association". It used to be mocked as "International Marijuana Smuggler Association". Why? We provide the explanation here.

https://www.ramp.space/en/artikel-bl...angster-racer/

 

 

Flamin' 3.0 CSL at the front, with two good-looking Capris hunting behind.

 

 

Screamin' V10s and V12s

 

Post 944

 

Great video. Nice gesture by Lotus to bring the team back together.

 

Memory fades when you get old.

 

 

Or some of us have better things to do with our lives than checking back for prior posts

The Ducarouge designed Lotus 97T still is so cool looking with it's black/gold JPS livery (fun fact JPS insisted that only gold be used for the other sponsors which the team complied with).
Sad that Peter Warr, Ducarouge, and Senna are no longer around.

 

Amazing how little money Paul Tracey said he was being paid by Penske

 

Never could stand Tracy.

 

One of my least favorite drivers at the time, but it's crazy how little he got paid. Maybe that's why he drove like he had a chip on his shoulder.

 

Never cared for Tracey, his attitude and all the crashes with Bourdais some of which seemed deliberate. Gotta find it but there's another short video from the same interview where Tracey talks about the secret track test Penske did with a Rahal Reynard/Ford/Firestone where that package was superior to the Penske/Mercedes/Goodyear.

 

Have never liked Emerson (even before the Indy milk incident) but he still has an impressive racing career in F1 and CART
His BS about the courage about leaving McLaren to go to Fittipaldi was nothing about that, it was the fact that his salary went from $250k to $1M which resulted in leaving little money for the technical staff and resources.
Fun fact, Fittipaldi chassis' were mostly designed and totally fabricated by Brazilian aerospace company Embraer.

 

Interesting fact! Next time I'm on an Embraer jet, I'll think that it's a Fittipaldi.

 

Great backgrounder on JOTA.